A Possible Vacancy (preponderance)

My stay at the Heartbreak Hotel may be nearing its end
I have stayed in all the different suites:
Heartache, Self-Doubt, and Unanswered Questions,
and I've started to pack to possibly go Home in the near future
but unfortunately,
I know a few friends
who may be checking in for an open-ended stay...
so a few "lessons" this "Teacher" has "learned" recently ...
The preponderance of advice is always so cliche-
"Things happen for a reason"
"You will get through this"
"You will be a better and stronger person because of this"
and I find myself doling out some of the same advice
that my well-meaning friends have given me
but
Bottom Line:
Heartbreak and Heartache stink
It's not fun
and no one ever signs up for this- ever!
Accept that things will get better-
you will not always feel this badly
but-
they may not get better for a long time
and that's ok...
In the meantime-
it hurts like hell.
These feelings have to be sat with,
intensely felt, and handled with care
for as long as it takes until you feel yourself again
and only YOU will know when that is.
You can cry, scream, curse, talk it through over and over again-
whatever it is that helps you get through this-
there is no right or wrong way to deal with this (unless you don't).
But every day, hour, minute out
gets you closer to the other side of it.
You think you are doing better and then out of the blue-
a reminder and back you go
(you may have to take some steps backward in order to move forward).
One thing for sure...
you will be changed because of this experience-
you can NOT do this alone (don't even try)
And you WILL heal in your own time -
in your own way-
And when you do -
when you finally pack it up
and raise the shades in your "room" to let the light back in
your Life will be outside waiting for you
to welcome you Back Home!