Long Distance Relationship

Long distance relationship hurts and break the heart a lot of people around the world. Mine too. My relationship entered long distance after I completed my uni life. Like every other couples, before we got separated, we gave one another encouragement- our love will last forever and long distance won't break us. The relationship then entered long distance and the first few months was the hardest as we got use being together. We called, chat and showed concerned over one another. After adapting to the long distance relationship, I think it's not so bad and kinda enjoyable to be in this relationship as it shows how strong our love is. No matter how alone I felt when I was not with her, the sweet memories of us together kept me going. I thought this would last forever and that our love will conquer everything but it's not the happy ending that I want it to be. As months went by, our relationship started to shake. In our seventh month of long distance, things started to change. I can really feel the difference in her and wondered what's with the change? Her concern for me became lesser and lesser and when I shared something or problems about my life to her, all I got was a simple reply as compared to the detailed response from her. Her simple reply feels as if it's a reply from a normal friend. She no longer cares if I call her or not. It's like she's living in another world..further and further apart from me! I tried my best to held on and told me that everything will be ok soon but I was wrong. As days went by, everything started crumbling away slowly. Finally during our 13 months of long distance, her words shattered my heart. She said 'Since things had gone this way and we have fallen apart to this long distance relationship, let's break up. I can't stand and don't want to be in this kind of relationship anymore. I don't think long distance relationship will last. It always failed in the end' and there was no second thoughts in her mind. I can hear from her voice that she really meant what she said. After a moment of pause she then continued 'Please respect me and let me go. I had make my decision. Once we broke up, I want you to promise me that we wont keep in touch with one another in any possible ways. It's easier for us that way. I wished you all the best in your life'. I respected her decision and let her go even though I don't accept this kind of reason. Her words that night were like thousand knives stabbing into my heart. It hurts badly as if piece by piece of my heart is being smashed into tiny pieces. I kept hoping that it was just a bad dream and when I wake up,things will be back to the way it was again but that was a naive thinking. I began to questioned our love..where's the 'love you forever' part that we used to say to one another? what happened to all the promises and wishes we made? what happened to the future that we always talked and dream about? were they all just empty and sweet words? where's the sweet memories of us together gone to? In a blind of an eye, all those 2 years we spent together gone just like that. What did I struggled for during the period of the long distance? No matter how lonely I felt and how badly I want you to be by my side, I kept myself going on by clinging onto the sweet memories of us together. I learned that long distance relationship really is a test to both sides..if either one side shakes, it all crumbles down no matter how tight the other party hold on! Honestly, I don't accept the reason of breakup as long distances or time zone issues because I think they are just excuses. I believe that long distance or time zone difference issues are just invisible barriers made up by the mind which creates the illusion that something is holding back or blocking the relationship from going on. Control your mind and no matter how hard it is, you will still prevail. True love doesn't care how far you are, how different the time zone is, how poor you are, how imperfect you are because if you really love someone from the bottom of your heart, every part of the person is truly beautiful and that person will always be in your heart and mind. Don't you agree? ^^