One thing a painful breakup taught me is that life’s experiences should ultimately be assimilated temporally – By this I mean try to take stock of the fact we have a past present and future – Now when I look back at the time I’d felt I’d lost the love of my life and was going through tremendous pain I see a different storyline – In actuality I now see that time frame as a wonderful period of my life – It drove me to get out of my comfort zone , travel more , have more adventures meet more people – especially more women ! I also put more energy into those that cared the most about me – my family .. So now looking to the past it was the best of times .. Your not a broken man – just rather bruised – for now ..