Ethic 4

by Ashley Antoinette

If the difficult things were the foundation of a house, the simple things were the paint on the walls, and everyone wanted the perfect aesthetic.

If every man was a model of this man, women would submit willingly. The level of security he provided allowed room for a woman’s vulnerability. No need to be hard, when a man kept you this safe and allowed you to be soft. No need to lead when he never got lost…never led you astray. No need to control when he had everything under his control. No room for worry because he expressed none; and if he did, she didn’t know it. No need to question because he didn’t fill her with insecurity and then call her crazy for expressing doubt. No stress. No inadequacy. God.

A woman’s first love determined how she loved for the rest of her life.

Betrayal from a stranger, from somebody you don’t love, doesn’t affect you. You loved him, and to love a person, you have to know that they will hurt you one day because we’re human. We’re imperfect. So, hurt is a part of the equation. That’s what forgiveness is for. To keep the people you love in your life after they’ve damaged you. Forgiveness is for you, not them.”

There is no end, not with us. There is only a new beginning. Every time we’re even close to ending, I’ll start over with him again, chasing a new outcome, a new destiny, because I’m a woman in love. I’ll endure the pain forever, before I ever allow this to end.

weren’t perfect, but love wasn’t supposed to be…it was supposed to be resilient…it was supposed to be strong…and everything about the two of them was exactly that.