Simon Van BooyYou were unsure which pain is worse -- the shock of what happened or the ache for what never will.
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The pain you feel after something terrible has already happened is so much more than the pain you suffer at its memory. It’s too late to recover from what’s happened, but if you can use your time wisely, then the ache for what never will can be lessened. The lesson is that you can’t control what happens, but you can control how you think about it.
Source: Everything Beautiful Began After
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