Honestly, it's always going to hurt. There will be those moments where you close your eyes and silent tears slide down your face and you'll remember. You'll remember how it felt; to love them, to lose them. A song will come on and pierce something inside of you, something that aches. Of course it will always hurt. Of course we will always remember. It doesn't make things hopeless, it means that we've learned. We have loved and we have learned. And the next time we love, we will make mistakes; maybe even the same ones we've made before. But we will learn again and again until we can accept the love we receive. We can drop the fear of rejection by walking in freedom, believing that all is well... that it will always be okay, even if it hurts. Don't suck those tears back in; let them fall, and remember. But just for a moment, only to remember that you are free. You always were.