All I've Wanted All I've Needed

by A.E. Valdez

Even though everything feels like it’s falling apart, I can’t help but to also feel like everything is falling into place.

“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.

“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.”

When you start being yourself, you attract people who you naturally vibe with.

“What did I do to deserve this?” I take the plate he’s holding out to me. “You exist. That’s all you need to do.”

There was no one before her. There will never be another after her. There is only her. Only us. All I’ve wanted. All I’ve needed.

We’re all deserving of happiness and of a love that’s so deep that you only discover the depths to which it goes with each passing day as your love grows.