"She walked away... wouldn't say why she was leaving.

She walked away...she left all she had believed in...

She walked away"

-Barlow Girl

I so think that, in some instances, leaving takes more courage than staying. Not in every situation, but occasionally it takes more guts to walk towards the door than to remain in the place that you've been.

Sometimes there is not really a concise, definitive reason to leave, you just know that you have to go. That even if leaving is the wrong choice, staying isn't the right choice either.

Walking away, especially when you aren't sure if you want to, requires courage. Requires faith. Putting miles in between you and the life you have known is never easy. Creating space, distance, and time between what life will be and what life is now is a process that is not usually comfortable.

Leaving can be the right thing to do overall, but is still allowed to hurt. Just because you are the one changing things, or leaving, doesn't mean that you don't have the right to hurt as well.

Even if you are sure that walking away or making the change is the absolute best choice, there can still be parts of the process that break your heart. You can grieve the loss of what you are willingly walking away from.

Even when you choose to walk away, you are still allowed to hurt.

Because sometimes, even the best option is going to hurt.