All I've Wanted All I've Needed

by A.E. Valdez

“There’s nothing wrong with being committed to yourself. When you’re not focused on love, that’s when it sweeps you up.”

The problem with comfort is that it makes it easier to slip into routines. It makes it easier for us to become stagnant. I don’t want to be stagnant, and that’s what I felt like with him. That I wasn’t growing and exploring. I want the chance to know myself outside of being in a relationship. I want to fall in love with myself. No, I need to fall in love with myself.

People can tell you what you are all day, but you really have to believe it yourself for you to be able to embody it. I’m getting there.

I find my phone. Of course, I have the usual missed calls from Hendrix – no surprise there.

This was annoying me.

“Stop acting like you owe everybody something. You don’t owe anyone anything. The only person you owe something to is yourself. It’s okay to walk away from something that isn’t working for you.”