Por el amor que nunca debió durar

Siempre que entras en una nueva relación, en el fondo, algunas partes de ti esperan en secreto que sea para siempre. Que sobrevivirá a pesar de todos los retos y obstáculos.

Desea que sea un cuento de hadas en la que usted y su ser querido vivirán felices para siempre.

Siempre que empiezas a amar a alguien nuevo, en el fondo, algunas partes de ti esperan que esta vez sea diferente. Que vosotros dos seréis mejores que todas las demás parejas y que triunfaréis, contra todo pronóstico.

At least this is the way I always think. You can call me a hopeless romantic, but I don’t see the point in letting someone in your life when you already have an exit strategy.

I don’t see any point in starting something new if you’re planning its end. In beginning a love story that you know has an expiration date right from the start.

However, things don’t always turn out the way we want them to. Sadly, many stories don’t have happy endings and many loves are not meant to last, despite all of our hopes and desires.

That is exactly what happened with us – we were obviously never destined to end up together. As much as we loved each other, we couldn’t fight against everything fate had prepared for us.

Don’t get me wrong, this doesn’t mean I blame the higher powers for our failure. I don’t blame either of us, either.

The truth is that I’ve accepted our end. I’ve come to terms with the fact that I lost you for good and that you’re not coming back.  

Nevertheless, this doesn’t mean that I consider time spent with you wasted. It doesn’t mean that I regret giving you my entire self, nor does it mean that I wouldn’t have done it all over again, if I had the chance.

Lo más importante, it doesn’t mean that we didn’t have a purpose in each other’s lives. It doesn’t mean we didn’t matter or our love wasn’t true.

Sabes, me llevó años entender todo esto. Al principio, cuando te perdí, maldije a mi destino por haberte enviado a mi camino sólo para que te alejaras de mí.

I wondered what the point of everything was – why God sent me a man I loved so much, if He knew he wasn’t my forever person.

¿Por qué tenía que experimentar un amor tan abrumador y absorbente, si acabaría sufriendo por ello? ¿Qué sentido tenía todo ese dolor por el que estaba pasando?

Then, after a lot of thought, it dawned on me that sometimes we can’t understand everything. Me di cuenta de que hay razones que escapan a nuestra comprensión.

Descubrí que nuestra historia servía valiosa lección. A lesson that cost me endless sleepless nights and tears, but a lesson I’ll never forget.

Me di cuenta de que estabas ahí para enseñarme a amar con todo mi ser. Estabas ahí para enseñarme a lidiar con la pérdida, a mantenerme fuerte a pesar de todas las dificultades y a elevarme por encima del dolor.

Para enseñarme que soy una mujer autosuficiente que puede sobrevivir a todo lo que la vida le depare. Para mostrarme todo el poder interior que no sabía que tenía.

You were there to school me that I can’t always have whatever and whoever I want. That sometimes, life is a bitch who kicks us in the gut when we least expect it.

To teach me how to appreciate people while they’re still in my life. How to cope with sadness and nostalgia.

Lo más importante, you were there to teach me that some people are not meant to stay. That some loves aren’t meant to last, as much as we want it to be.

So, maybe you don’t want to hear this, but after finally understanding all of this, I don’t regret losing you anymore. And you know why?

Because I know that everything I’ve been through was for my own good. Because I know that bigger and better things await me.

Because I know that we’ll both manage to be happy in the future without each other. Because I am convinced that we’ll both meet the people who are destinado a ser nuestro hasta el fin de los tiempos.

And when that does happen, we’ll realize why things never worked between us.