and leave whatever unsettles your heart.

i think the purest form of love is just wanting someone to notice life with you. "taste this. look at that. hear this song.” - again and again. until you can't imagine noticing life without them.

in love, just as in prayer, you do not look around.

I promise you things will get so much better when you start processing people’s behavior as information rather than a verdict on your self-worth. If someone doesn’t text back, suddenly pulls away, whatever it may be, the solution isn’t to put on a tap dance for them and try to regain their approval. It’s not to crash out on them and try to force them to react a certain way. It’s just to take a step back, take a deep breath, and assess what this tells you. What’s this saying about them? What’s this saying about you??