Y'all really underestimate the power of a really good conversation with someone who is genuinely interested in getting to know you as a person, not as a partner.
“There is no shame in expressing your authentic feelings. Those who are at times described as being a ‘hot mess’ or having ‘too many issues’ are the very fabric of what keeps the dream alive for a more caring, humane world. Never be ashamed to let your tears shine a light in this world.”
“- Your soul feels love now for my soul?
- Obviously.
- And you couldn’t be deceived by that feeling? You couldn’t be mistaken?
- Not a chance.
- And nothing I could say could spoil it?
- Nothing.”
— Kurt Vonnegut, from Mother Night; “Chapter Six Hundred & Fourty Three,”
There will be people who leave you. You will feel heartbroken. You will lose a sense of who you are at some point. You will feel like you can’t go on. But you will find joy again. You will heal from all the things that once made you feel broken. You will always find your way back to yourself. And you’ll pick yourself back up and wonder why you ever doubted living. Keep going.