Praying for an ex is strange at first. Then one day you realize you mean it, and that’s a sign you’re healing.

Wishing somebody well is almost unbearable while you still want them worse off than you. At first the words are a performance and you know it. The shift, when it comes, is not decided; you notice it afterward, in the absence of the old sting. Meaning it is a symptom of recovery rather than a requirement for it.

Do not force the feeling, because forcing it just produces a better performance. Say the hollow version if you want, then leave it alone. Pay more attention to the week when thinking about them stops reorganising your day.