#ivow

Maybe it isn’t as simple as “hey I like you” and “I like you too” and then happily ever after. Maybe you have to get hurt, be lied to. And rise from disappointment to know that you’re really alive. I’ve wondered what the greatest prize life had to offer could be. Not sure if I know but I am certain that the greatest prize for my life at this very moment would be the freedom to love without the presence of fear, the boldness to try without the worries of rejection, the wholeness to exist without the suffocating presence of loneliness. I refuse to believe that having hope is a joke. I don’t care if people think it’s dumb to desire 50 years of marriage and love. I don’t care if I’m laughed at for believing I deserve the simplicity of having peace & joy. Hope is all I have and this very moment hope is all I need. From this day forward I promise not to let the fears of my mind backspace the words from my heart… Ever again… Vulnerability is strength, it takes courage to be soon as you are, to love as you love, and to be whatever you wish to be. So be you for nobody else but you. Hope is beyond fear, faith is beyond disappointment, love is beyond pain, persistence is beyond rejection, dedication is beyond doubt. Don’t get too caught up in wanting things to be easy, struggle teaches you the value of sacrifice, and sacrifice promises success… The more you quit the more you lose… Stop looking around and start looking within…