Here’s the thing—you can’t keep choosing someone who doesn’t choose you. You can’t. Because your person is going to be your person for the rest of your life. Not just when you’re young and things are perfect, but when things get messy and you make mistakes and the world is less shiny. You have to make sure that you have someone by your side that wants to be there. Someone who wants to support you, and encourage you. Someone who gives you just as much effort as you give them. Someone who wants to hear your laugh, and make breakfast with you, and listen to all of your dumb jokes for twenty or thirty or fifty years. Because there are difficult things in life, really hard and haunted things that make it heavy and hurtful at times. But love should not be one of those things. Love should hold your hand and help you brave those storms. Love should be your safe place. So please, just don’t give the best parts of yourself to someone who doesn’t see the value in what they are receiving. Don’t settle for anyone who doesn’t look at you and know, without hesitation, that they want to stay.
I love this. Definitely keep the people who make an effort and make you a priority.
Except…
You should be your own safe place. No one else can do that for you. Relying on your partner for that is unwise and unfair because they’re also human and they will make mistakes and your paths may not always run side-by-side. Sometimes the most beautiful relationships don’t last your whole life time. That can devastate you. Or you can choose to take the beauty and the lessons learned from that relationship and continue to grow - becoming an even healthier and wiser version of you. Be your own safe place. You have that within you.
