“If you care about somebody, you should want them to be happy. Even if you wind up being left out.”
— Stephen Chbosky, The Perks of being a Wallflower
𝐿𝑜𝑣𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑠𝑜𝑚𝑒𝑜𝑛𝑒 𝑢𝑛𝑐𝑜𝑛𝑑𝑖𝑡𝑖𝑜𝑛𝑎𝑙𝑙𝑦 𝑖𝑠 𝑝𝑎𝑖𝑛𝑓𝑢𝑙…𝐼𝑡 𝑏𝑟𝑒𝑎𝑘𝑠 𝑦𝑜𝑢 𝑑𝑜𝑤𝑛, 𝑖𝑡 𝑚𝑎𝑘𝑒𝑠 𝑦𝑜𝑢 𝑏𝑙𝑒𝑒𝑑… 𝐵𝑒𝑐𝑎𝑢𝑠𝑒 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑡𝑟𝑢𝑡ℎ 𝑎𝑏𝑜𝑢𝑡 𝑢𝑛𝑐𝑜𝑛𝑑𝑖𝑡𝑖𝑜𝑛𝑎𝑙 𝑙𝑜𝑣𝑒 𝑖𝑠 𝑡ℎ𝑎𝑡 𝑖𝑡 𝑖𝑠 𝑛𝑜𝑡 𝑎𝑙𝑤𝑎𝑦𝑠 𝑟𝑒𝑡𝑢𝑟𝑛𝑒𝑑 𝑏𝑎𝑐𝑘 𝑏𝑦 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑝𝑒𝑟𝑠𝑜𝑛 𝑦𝑜𝑢 𝑔𝑖𝑣𝑒 𝑖𝑡 𝑡𝑜….𝑌𝑜𝑢 𝑐𝑎𝑛 𝑙𝑜𝑣𝑒 𝑠𝑜𝑚𝑒𝑜𝑛𝑒 𝑤𝑖𝑡ℎ 𝑎𝑙𝑙 𝑦𝑜𝑢𝑟 ℎ𝑒𝑎𝑟𝑡 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑢𝑛𝑡𝑖𝑙 𝑦𝑜𝑢 𝑎𝑟𝑒 𝑏𝑙𝑢𝑒 𝑖𝑛 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑓𝑎𝑐𝑒, 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑡ℎ𝑒𝑦 𝑐𝑎𝑛 𝑠𝑡𝑖𝑙𝑙 𝑐ℎ𝑜𝑜𝑠𝑒 𝑡𝑜 𝑛𝑒𝑣𝑒𝑟 𝑙𝑜𝑣𝑒 𝑦𝑜𝑢 𝑢𝑛𝑐𝑜𝑛𝑑𝑖𝑡𝑖𝑜𝑛𝑎𝑙𝑙𝑦 𝑏𝑎𝑐𝑘….
𝑆𝑒𝑒, 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑡ℎ𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑖𝑠 𝑤ℎ𝑒𝑛 𝑦𝑜𝑢 𝑡𝑟𝑢𝑙𝑦 𝑙𝑜𝑣𝑒 𝑠𝑜𝑚𝑒𝑜𝑛𝑒 𝑦𝑜𝑢 𝑘𝑛𝑜𝑤 𝑡ℎ𝑎𝑡 𝑡ℎ𝑒𝑟𝑒 𝑖𝑠 𝑎 𝑝𝑜𝑠𝑠𝑖𝑏𝑖𝑙𝑖𝑡𝑦 𝑡ℎ𝑎𝑡 𝑦𝑜𝑢 𝑤𝑖𝑙𝑙 𝑔𝑒𝑡 𝑛𝑜𝑡ℎ𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑖𝑛 𝑟𝑒𝑡𝑢𝑟𝑛, 𝑏𝑢𝑡 𝑦𝑜𝑢 𝑠𝑡𝑖𝑙𝑙 𝑐ℎ𝑜𝑜𝑠𝑒 𝑡𝑜 𝑙𝑜𝑣𝑒 𝑡ℎ𝑒𝑚 𝑎𝑛𝑦𝑤𝑎𝑦𝑠….𝑊ℎ𝑒𝑡ℎ𝑒𝑟 𝑡ℎ𝑒𝑦 𝑎𝑟𝑒 𝑛𝑒𝑎𝑟 𝑜𝑟 𝑓𝑎𝑟 𝑦𝑜𝑢 𝑙𝑜𝑣𝑒 𝑡ℎ𝑒𝑚 𝑗𝑢𝑠𝑡 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑠𝑎𝑚𝑒….𝑇ℎ𝑒 𝑑𝑎𝑦 𝑡ℎ𝑒𝑦 𝑐ℎ𝑜𝑠𝑒 𝑡𝑜 𝑤𝑎𝑙𝑘 𝑎𝑤𝑎𝑦 𝑦𝑜𝑢 𝑠𝑡𝑖𝑙𝑙 𝑙𝑜𝑣𝑒𝑑 𝑡ℎ𝑒𝑚 𝑎𝑠 𝑖𝑓 𝑖𝑡 𝑤𝑎𝑠 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑓𝑖𝑟𝑠𝑡 𝑑𝑎𝑦 𝑦𝑜𝑢 𝑘𝑛𝑒𝑤 𝑦𝑜𝑢 ℎ𝑎𝑑 𝑓𝑎𝑙𝑙𝑒𝑛 𝑓𝑜𝑟 𝑡ℎ𝑒𝑚….
𝐵𝑢𝑡… 𝑌𝑜𝑢 ℎ𝑎𝑣𝑒 𝑡𝑜 𝑟𝑒𝑚𝑒𝑚𝑏𝑒𝑟 𝑡𝑜 𝑢𝑛𝑐𝑜𝑛𝑑𝑖𝑡𝑖𝑜𝑛𝑎𝑙𝑙𝑦 𝑙𝑜𝑣𝑒 𝑦𝑜𝑢𝑟𝑠𝑒𝑙𝑓 𝑡𝑜𝑜…. 𝐵𝑒 𝑦𝑜𝑢𝑟 𝑏𝑒𝑠𝑡 𝑓𝑟𝑖𝑒𝑛𝑑 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑏𝑢𝑖𝑙𝑑 𝑦𝑜𝑢𝑟𝑠𝑒𝑙𝑓 𝑢𝑝, 𝑛𝑜𝑡 𝑡𝑒𝑎𝑟 𝑦𝑜𝑢𝑟𝑠𝑒𝑙𝑓 𝑑𝑜𝑤𝑛….













