You Exist Too Much

by Zaina Arafat

“Your worries are like water,” she often said. “The moment one flows out, another floods in to fill the space.”

“But what if there’s still a chance to fix things?” “You do need to fix things,” she said. “But it’s not the relationship that’s broken.”

“You’ll find that having someone who has a claim on you, and who you can claim, it’s one of the greater things in life.”