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Knowing Better
<p>There’s a level of clarity</p><p>That only comes from being broken.</p><p>Not the kind that makes sense of everything,</p><p>but the kind that burns away everything false</p><p>until only truth remains.</p><p>When you’re whole,</p><p>You live wrapped in assumptions</p><p>that love will stay,</p><p>that people mean well,</p><p>That effort guarantees peace.</p><p>But when you’re broken,</p><p>those illusions peel off like old skin,</p><p>and what’s left is raw,</p><p>and real,</p><p>and yours.</p><p>Pain unmasks.</p><p>It makes you meet yourself</p><p>without filters,</p><p>without the comfort of pretending.</p><p>Most say brokenness breeds vengeance—</p><p>that when your heart splits open,</p><p>darkness spills out.</p><p>And sometimes, it does.</p><p>Hurt people do hurt people.</p><p>But not always.</p><p>Sometimes, being broken</p><p>doesn’t harden you—</p><p>It refines you.</p><p>You rise from the wreckage</p><p>not with fists,</p><p>but with open palms,</p><p>and a vow:</p><p>“I will not make another feel what I have felt.”</p><p>That’s when brokenness becomes sacred</p><p>when it stops being just pain</p><p>and starts becoming aware.</p><p>A whisper that says,</p><p>“Now you know.</p><p>Now you see.</p><p>Now, you can do better.”</p><p>Because not all harm is born of cruelty.</p><p>Sometimes people wound</p><p>because they have never known</p><p>What healing looks like.</p><p>They love poorly</p><p>because love was never safe for them.</p><p>They abandon</p><p>because they were taught to leave</p><p>It was easier than being left.</p><p>And we—</p><p>you, me—</p><p>We’ve done the same,</p><p>not from evil,</p><p>but from blindness.</p><p>So maybe brokenness</p><p>Isn’t the end at all?</p><p>Maybe it’s the moment</p><p>The heart opens its eyes</p><p>for the first time.</p><p>Light slips through the cracks</p><p>soft, patient, forgiving.</p><p>You start to hear pain differently,</p><p>like a language you finally understand.</p><p>You begin to love with awareness.</p><p>Not to fill a void,</p><p>but to honour what’s still alive in you.</p><p>You hold others</p><p>the way you wished someone had held you</p><p>not tightly,</p><p>but gently,</p><p>with presence instead of promises.</p><p>And that—</p><p>That is the quiet miracle of breaking.</p><p>It teaches you to see,</p><p>to stay,</p><p>to choose grace over reaction.</p><p>Because once you’ve known pain deeply,</p><p>You either become it,</p><p>Or you vow never to pass it on.</p><p>And that vow</p><p>that the intent of intentionality</p><p>is the truest kind of healing.</p><p>So no,</p><p>Being broken isn’t the worst thing</p><p>That can happen to you.</p><p>Sometimes,</p><p>It’s where you begin to see clearly</p><p>where pain turns into purpose,</p><p>and knowing</p><p>turns into knowing better.</p>
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