A heartache is a real thing, it even shows up on medical scans. When a heart is truly broken, the health of body and brain needs time to recover. There aren't any magical medications or salves for the heart, yet only the healing that tranquil space, time and the love of others may bring.
The biochemical impact and bodily stress of heartache is a real injury and one that needs a proper recovery plan.
Love yourself enough to find nurture in times of heartache, to remind yourself of the reasons you are worthy of love, to rediscover yourself and the passions that make you come alive within.
In this heartache the sun won't shine, birdsong passes as if the melody can't glide through the air as it once did before. But the truth is, I'd rather forgo comfort than keep a lover who doesn't love. So instead I will let this heartache be as my teacher and the reason to keep seeking one who can hear the playful calling of their own soul.
A heartache is a whole-body response, from the stress systems to the heart and brain function. We are born to make loving bonds and to suffer when they break. This is nature's way of teaching us to stay loyal, to stay in love, and it is brutal by biological and evolutionary necessity. Some try to avoid it through casual love, yet then they miss out on the kind of bonds that keep society functioning and well. To love is a risk and so, if another takes that step with you, they are serious and placing their heart in your onwards care.