Brace Yourself: This Is Going to Hurt

We must allow ourselves to feel the hurt, the suffering. Maybe have a cry as we do. But these are not going to be happy tears - not yet. This is the gut-wrenching, saddest, deepest sorrow we know. Perhaps it's loneliness we feel. Or perhaps we are frightened. Maybe we feel humiliation..
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