Tonight I don’t want to be OK, I don’t want to be fine and I don’t want to tough it out or be a fighter. I want to let my emotions win tonight, I want to set them free and I’m not going to numb them. Tonight I don’t want to be numb. I want to be sensitive and fragile and too much to handle.
Did you know that with every sweet message you sent her, with every nice compliment you gave her and with every romantic date you took her out on, she was getting attached?
I see you looking in the mirror and all you can see are the flaws he pointed out about your hair or your skin or your eyebrows. I see you struggling to see them as features rather than flaws. I see you trying to remember the last time he made you feel beautiful and I see you trying so hard to accept yourself.
But the main reason why I really want to meet her is to see how different she is from me, how we are nothing alike and how we could never fall in love with the same man.
No one will ever encourage you to quit your job and pursue your passion. No one will tell you to leave the comfort and safety of your paycheck for the uncertainty of unemployment. But at some point you’re going to have to trust yourself and do what is right for you. Following your passion is a risk — but it’s also a risk worth taking.
Until the truth hit me too soon that you are where I belong, that leaving you was a huge mistake and everything without you feels wrong.
Are you chasing your dreams? Are you trying to find your calling? Are you living a passionate and purposeful life? Or are you settling?
Creative living requires courage. Taking the road less traveled will never be easy but it will always take you to extraordinary places not many people have been.
You miss it when you’re on vacation. You can’t completely disconnect from it. You want to always remain connected somehow. You still check your emails and maybe even do some work because it’s just been too long.
I miss how selfless it was, it loved without expecting to be loved in return. The act of loving kept it alive whether the love was reciprocated or not. When it knew that love was an act of faith not an exchange.