the social circles we belong to, the companies we work for—we give away our power and become dependent upon external validation. When that is taken away, our sense of value, and identity, goes with it. I became determined to win back the warmth of his love because on some level I actually believed I wasn’t enough on my own without him. I wanted the life that looked picture perfect, and I felt like I needed him in it to complete that portrait for me—even if it didn’t always feel good inside. I wanted to find my way back into his light more than I wanted to find the light inside me—the light he
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