"Do not spoil what you have by desiring what you have not; but remember that what you now have was once among the things you only hoped for."
Epicurus (341 BC - 270 BC)
Too often, the bleakness takes hold and makes it hard for you to see the sun. I know it's hard to get back up and move forward, but you must if you want to learn to be the better man that turns the heads of those around you and makes her regret the decision she made.
"I made the wall of shadow draw back, beyond desire and act, I walked on.
Oh flesh, my own flesh, woman whom I loved and lost, I summon you in the moist hour, I raise my song to you."
Sorry to hear how things went down, sorry that she couldn't even face you.
You haven't given up, and I really don't like that term much anyway, because you're tanks aren't empty, you're not ready too. It is not because you are stupid or foolish, it's just not in you to stop.
Call it what you want, but don't let anyone else put a label on it. You do for you.
Experience is a brutal teacher, but you learn. My God, do you learn. - C.S. Lewis
Life is usually all about how you handle Plan B. - Jack3Beans
Listen without defending; Speak without offending - FaithinAK