I realize now...

that it’s not enough to have someone who hears you if they’re not listening.
that it’s not enough to feel understood if you cannot trust the person who understands.
that it’s not enough to have raging passion if there is no friendship.
that friends are the rarest and most special gift you can give to yourself, but everything must be harvested.
that all relationships take work, but none worth having should feel like work.
that when it starts getting really, really hard and you start feeling really, really far away from yourself, it’s not right.
that time doesn’t change people. It just makes you farther and harder to certain things. And closer and softer to others.
that people are innately selfish, but claiming your feelings doesn’t make you selfish. It makes you You.
that insecure people will betray you to preserve some idea they have about themselves, and that sometimes, just because you’re alone in something, doesn’t mean you’re wrong.
that sometimes no one wins. Sometimes things are just sad.
that a common spirit and ultimate values and an open mind are the greatest tools in the best romances of your life.
that a history with someone doesn’t justify not being taken care in the present. Though it is sad because you’ll never have the same history with any body else.
that today is mine. And yours. And we can make that everything.
that fearing being vulnerable is a waste of time. Everything delicious and real in life requires risk. Tell her you love her. Tell her you were wrong.
that what you do does not define you. Only weak people will judge you by which boxes you fit in. True loves will embrace your limitlessness. No walls.