Empty words

See the bigger picture. 

Everything will start to look up soon.

When one door closes, another opens.

This is just an end to a chapter, not the ending of your story.

Something worth having is worth fighting for. 

What's meant to be, will be.

Stay positive. 

Good things happen to good people. 

What goes around comes around. 

There's a light at the end of the tunnel.

Nothing good comes easy.

It will all work out in the end.

Empty words come in a variety of ways. They don't lessen the blow we feel. They don't ease the torture in our hearts. We can piece together our own versions of "it's all going to be okay", but in reality, we walk these shadows alone. Our friends, our family, our loved ones, our partners, they just fill space... they don't ease pain. They don't shine a light into the darkness. For a brief moment in time, we may feel comfort, but that's fleeting. The real work is within. Solace is only found within ourselves. What it all boils down to is self. 

Words are empty; meaningless. In a swift wind, they are blown away.  We can pretend that people have our backs and that we have a strong support system, but invisible to the naked eye are the strings attached. When our burdens get too heavy, those fragile strings break and we are quickly, and often quietly, left alone.

Find peace in yourself. Be your own light through the shadows. Because in all reality, *we* are all we can depend on.