Sometimes life breaks you in ways you never expected. One day you wake up and everything you loved feels gone — the people you trusted, the dreams you built, even the version of yourself you used to be. You look in the mirror and barely recognize the person staring back. There’s a silence inside you, heavy and cold, that makes you wonder if you’ll ever smile the same way again.

But pain, as cruel as it feels, has a strange purpose. It teaches you what strength really means. It doesn’t come from never falling — it comes from standing again after you’ve been crushed. Every scar you carry, every tear you’ve shed, every night you stayed awake trying to understand why — they were not wasted. They were shaping something powerful inside you: resilience.