I ran across this tidbit the other day and thought it supremely interesting:  

Japanese marketing company Hime & Company recently announced that staff members are allowed to take "heartache leave" when faced with a break-up. Employees ages 24 and under are given one such day off per year, 25- to 29-year-olds can take two, and those older can take three days recovery time.

I feel like we are so trained to keep our heartache hidden and our emotions in-check, that this blows the lid of the model. It's not to say I've never taken a "sick" day due to heartache, but God knows I made something up so no one would know. Hello? I'm not an idiot! And so goes the thinking, right? To suffer heartache is human, but to admit to it -- to call a spade, a spade -- feels like an entirely different matter.

I guess it just makes me wonder how our interactions, relationships, and heartaches would be different if we were allowed to incorporate and communicate them (the heartaches that is) openly and honestly. I don't know the answer. I'm sure there are complications to be had, but also our vulnerability and honesty opens the door for understanding, compassion, and grace that we may have not thought possible.