Life lessons have a strange way of sneaking up on you...

Life lessons have a strange way of sneaking up on you, in the most unsuspecting ways. For example ... when you are sitting out in the rain, on a wet pavement getting your undies soaked, crying in your best friend's arms in a foreign continent for a reason that eludes even you. That's how strange life is. 

Last night was a myriad of revelations. It's ok to feel hurt. When you spend all your life having your guards up so high that you barely allow anyone to see through you, you become used to not getting hurt because you just don't allow it to happen (or you're too afraid and keep people at a distance). But there will come a time when you accept that it's ok to feel hurt, because allowing someone to see you was worth it to begin with. And when you feel hurt, it's ok to let someone comfort you and show him/her that you're hurting. As a wise friend said to me once, "That is better than being 80 years old and realizing that you never allowed yourself to...FEEL anything in your entire life."

It's ok to feel hurt. Even when it hurts like hell. You're not numb after all.