The Ones Who Break Us… and the Ones Who Rebuild Us
Come, come sit with me. Grab a drink and pull up a chair. Okay… I heard a comment today that made me sit back and think — like really think about the words. Because child… they ran around in my head all day. The comment was this: Some people come into our lives to break us… and some come into our lives to rebuild us. Sit with that for a moment. I know what you’re thinking… Who is breaking me? And who is rebuilding me? Mmm… yeah. I felt that one down in my bones. It hits hard. The reason it hits hard… is because you never want to think that people are breaking you. But they do. And sometimes it’s not loud or obvious. The breaking can happen in the way someone talks to you… or the way you feel when you’re around them. And deep down, in your heart of hearts… you know it’s not right. You feel it. And in that breaking… you start to withdraw a little. You get quieter. You question things more. And you find yourself asking: Why? Why does this feel ...