Relationship Goals

by Christina C. Jones

“But, I’m here,” Cam said, ending her abbreviated autobiography with a smile. “I’m here, and I have a good life – a life I love. But don’t let the fact that it looks good outside fool you into thinking it always looks good in here or here.” She pointed to her head, and then her heart. “We all have flaws, and we all have mess to deal with. But it doesn’t make us worthless, or worth any less.”

I survived something meant to destroy me – I can’t squander this second chance by living a life that is beneath my standing. I don’t accept the little crumbs that people try to throw, right? I don’t do “frenemies”, I don’t accept people who never have a positive thing to say, I don’t accept liars, I don’t share a partner with anybody, I don’t accept anybody’s bare-minimum. When you come to me, you come correct. I demand it. And you should do the same. How different could our world be if we – lovingly – challenged each other to do, and be better, instead of accepting scraps?”

But what is useful, right in this moment, is for you to see you in a different manner. Any potential suitor who does not see the beauty of you right now does not deserve you, and that is their loss. You must believe that about yourself. Anybody who has the power to alter how you feel about yourself will absolutely use it. What better hands to wield such a power than your own?” Mia

“Absolutely not. We’re too complex for that, right? You aren’t the same person you were five years ago, or hell, even last year. So even the people who’ve known you all that time, there are parts of you they’ll have to learn all over again. And even outside of that, we contain multitudes. There’s always something new to figure out.”