The Heart is a Leaky Boat

The old adage of“what doesn’t kill you makes you stronger” is a lie. It’s one of those things that people tell you in the midst of suffering in the hopes that it propels you to the other side. Pain and suffering leave lasting changes, many of them negative. The ‘strength’ that people point to is perhaps more aptly labelled perseverance. But trauma also leaves you with weaknesses in your armour; cracks and soft spots that are prone to rupture at the slightest prodding.

I discoveredearly on as a...