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.

“All you’ll need for the next hour is yourself. Give thanks to yourself for being here today. Not only for making it to your mat, but more importantly, for showing up for yourself every single day. Starting each day anew even when you may not feel like it. The most important relationship we will ever cultivate is the one that we have with ourselves.”

“Whenever you’re feeling overwhelmed, whether it be here on your mat or out there in the world, remember you can come back to yourself.”

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. I mean, look at Acyn and I.

“You’re all I’ve wanted,” he says. “And you’re all I’ve needed,” I reply.

hold his gaze in awe. I wasn’t expecting him to take care of anything. It feels good to have someone to lean on that can support me when I feel like I can’t support myself. “Thank you, babe.” He kisses my forehead. “You never need to thank me. I got you… always.”

This is what it feels like to fall in love… to be in love. He’s all I’ve wanted. All I’ve needed.

He’s been so understanding and supportive throughout this whole process. Even though I feel like I’m falling apart, he comes along behind me and helps me put all the pieces back into place.

Digging through stuff in the house has brought up a lot of emotions, and he’s been my soft landing space to process it all.

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.