Lynn

I was there when you first felt insignificant and you broke down crying, ‘What is so wrong with me?’ because no one would take you out to some dance. I was there when you found out that heart-break feels more like heart-shattered, and you believed you could never get over that feeling. I was there when you dove into all sorts of things that could replace the feeling of intimacy that you felt you so lacked. Maybe you didn’t notice, but I was always there. I was waiting on you this entire time. I’ve been loving you and caring for you and calling to you, ‘this way is better.’ I’ve been trying and trying so hard to make you understand how much you mean to me. I’ve been beside you in every struggle and hardship, whispering, ‘you can get through this.’ And I will continue to do so, because I love you. And you can be sure I will be there when you finally realize that true love looks less like a boy and more like Me.

The (500) Days of Summer attitude of ‘He wants you so bad’ seems attractive to some women and men, especially younger ones, but I would encourage anyone who has a crush on my character to watch it again and examine how selfish he is. He develops a mildly delusional obsession over a girl onto whom he projects all these fantasies. He thinks she’ll give his life meaning because he doesn’t care about much else going on in his life. A lot of boys and girls think their lives will have meaning if they find a partner who wants nothing else in life but them. That’s not healthy. That’s falling in love with the idea of a person, not the actual person.

Probably my dream house?

We are more concerned about looking stupid (fear of people) than we are about acting sinfully (fear of the Lord).