“You have to keep breaking your heart until it opens.” ~ Rumi

Heartbreak isn’t just something we endure; it’s something that transforms us. A broken heart, painful as it feels, is actually the key to an open heart. It’s in the breaking that the walls we’ve built around our heart begin to crumble, making space for deeper love, greater compassion, and profound healing.

Heartbreak teaches us that love isn’t just about the perfect, joyful moments. Love is in the cracks and fissures, the messy spaces where we are most vulnerable. It’s here, in the rawness, where real connection happens—not only with others but with ourselves.

So the next time your heart feels like it’s breaking, resist the urge to numb or shut it down. Sit with it. Breathe into it. Let the breaking do its sacred work. Because on the other side of the pain is a heart that is wider, deeper, and more capable of love than ever before.

Your heartbreak isn’t the end of the story. It’s the beginning of a new chapter—one where you can love and be loved more fully, more authentically, and more courageously. This is the paradox of heartbreak: it feels like breaking, but it’s really opening. And that opening is where life truly begins.