Remember when you were a child and you skinned your elbow? It hurt, you cried, and hopefully someone lovingly washed and bandaged your boo-boo. You noticed the boo-boo for a day or two, and then it was like it never happened – other things caught your attention and before you knew it, your elbow was as good as new.

It can be like that with emotional boo-boos, too.

Most of the time we feel the pain and after a little while, put the event into perspective and move on, with our heart feeling as good as new. Some emotional boo-boos are bigger, though, and sometimes it’s hard to put them into perspective.

If you have a boo-boo like that, maybe it’s still too soon for you to be able to see the bigger picture, or maybe it feels so big that you feel like you must carry the pain for the rest of your life. You don’t have to – think of the event as a tree, and try to zoom out and see the forest. Each time the sharp pang of emotion hits you, take a deep breath and remind yourself that your life is now and you deserve to live it.

Zoom out as far as you have to in order to feel good, because feeling good is the first step in moving on.

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