When You're Ready, This Is How You Heal

by Brianna Wiest

What if, instead of begrudging someone for not being precisely the person you imagined they would be, you realize that the offering of someone’s time is the ultimate sacrifice and the epitome of love? What if you realized that they are under no obligation to be who you think they should be, and the most loving thing you could do would be to set them free of the expectations you hold in your own mind? What if you realized that they don’t have to be just as you imagine in order for you to exchange the love you are meant to share? What if the gift you’re receiving right now is the chance to witness the rawness of someone’s heart, their edges and imperfections? What if the journey is really asking you to love a flawed person, so you might be able to love your own flaws the same way?

Remember that you’re mortal. All of this will pass. No time is guaranteed. You are not stuck forever. Life moves quickly and it does not stop. You are only here for a moment. Try to savor it as much as you can.

The reality is that you exist in so many different forms and images and beliefs and stories—and yet, the only one that is ever really going to matter is the one you tell yourself.