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Find someone who loves you well. Someone who never belittles you. Even in the heat of an argument. Someone who is gentle with you, but does not treat you like you are fragile. Someone who knows what you are capable of, and celebrates those pieces of you. Not someone who is intimidated by your strength. Someone who doesn’t make you feel guilty for being flawed. It is not love’s job to punish you. And remember the person you love is just as broken as you are when they fall short. No one is perfect – do not hold them to this standard. Find someone who is patient, forgiving, and apologetic. Someone who practices forgiveness freely and often. Love someone who is humble, kind, and empathetic. Not only with you, but with a beggar on the street, or a stranger in the supermarket. Common courtesy is important. Compassion is important. Kindness is important.

I want to talk about what happened without mentioning how much it hurt. There has to be a way. To care for the wounds without reopening them. To name the pain without inviting it back into me.

Loneliness does not come from being alone, but from being unable to communicate the things that seem important.

But I scream too loud if I speak my mind.

But never have I been a calm blue sea. I have always been a storm.

Everyone needs a place. It shouldn’t be inside of someone else.

Gotta be able to snatch her soul without sex

No one can truly know what anyone thinks or feels.

I am too full of life to be half-loved.

And that’s the thing about people who mean everything they say. They think everyone else does too.

Fall for them but don’t let them ruin you…