Here’s to All the Lives I Wanted That I Am Grateful to Have Escaped

Finding gratitude for all the things that didn’t work out

Finding gratitude for all the things that didn’t work out

Photo by Aline Kircchinbauer on Unsplash

Rarely is the first reaction to disappointment gratitude. Sometimes, the appreciation never comes at all. Instead, it leaves a bitter aftertaste — the memory of all the lovely things we once wanted that didn’t work out. Unhealed, it erodes the current lovely…