Dont Give Up On Yourself! “The night you gave up on her is the night she gave up on her too.” While the Big Apple was all wintry white and crimson last week, rejoicing in the magic of Christmas and spirit of New Year’s eve, my friend Kim, was going through her darkest moments. She was constantly being slighted by her boyfriend in the past months. Avoidance came with a host of excuses from work to folks and friends but ultimately on the eve of New Year’s eve he broke up with her. She only heard his first few words that left her lifeless, “We need to let go of this relationship,” he continued but the words did not matter, the lame reasons were of no importance to her. She felt her entire world crashing down in front of her eyes. She had given him a piece of her soul, she did not know how to move on. She was lost. He went on and on justifying himself but she knew she had become an embarrassment for him, her uncontrolled emotional outbursts and her growing weight made her undesirable to him. He wasn’t ready to accept his relationships with her in front of his friends, always belittling it. She would also laugh it away despite of her heart’s warning she would play along with him on his terms. Alas! The game was over. I met her on the first day of the year and was traumatized to see her underneath a heap of negativity and dismay. She’d lost her vivacity, her confidence and her laughter. Her smile was a pretence, she wasn’t herself. I decided to make her well-being my goal and she needs to get back to a state of innate freedom physically, emotionally and mentally in 2018. I told her mustering all courage in my voice trying hard not to choke, “You treat this as a challenge that you can overcome or a catastrophe that has wrecked you, it’s your choice.” Read More | 