Hello Temptation (Hello, #3)

by Kelsie Hoss

“Let him choose his intentions.” “What do you mean?” I asked. “You’re already assuming you know the ‘why’ behind what he did, but the truth is, Tyler’s the only one who knows.”

“A partner, a true partner, can change everything. They’ll bring out the best in you, force you to acknowledge your weak spots, help you grow faster than you ever could on your own. I’d hate for you to miss out on that because you don’t think you deserve it.”

You are absolutely beautiful, but you don't have to see that for someone else to realize it.”

“Settling down is not the same as settling for less. It’s resting where you know you belong. Not needing to run and chase and search anymore. It’s the best feeling ever.”

don’t know how to live without her anymore. It’s like the second I met her, she became my air. Every morning, I woke up, waiting for the second I’d see her at work, hear her voice. And now that she’s gone, I don’t know how to look forward to the next day or how to even have the motivation to get up anymore.”

She was the air that I breathed, the sun on my skin, the ground underneath my feet, and the clouds I loved to get lost in.

“When you and Tyler have arguments, because you will, don’t look at it like a break from the ideal life you want to live. Look at it as a chance to make things stronger than they were before.”

‘It’s not that I’m afraid to meet people. It’s that I don’t know if I have enough room.’”

Let him choose his intentions. When you place the responsibility for someone else’s feelings or perspectives on your shoulders, you lose every single time. Just because you have grown up in a society conditioned to scorn fat people and view them as less than, just because you’ve navigated life in a bigger body and struggle to love yourself, doesn’t mean you’re not worthy of love. You deserve love and affection at any size, even if you’re having a hard time loving yourself. Self-love isn’t a lightning moment where all of a sudden it all comes together and years of self-deprecation are undone. Instead, it’s a puzzle. You put little pieces together, one at a time, until you realize you were building a picture of yourself. Even when there are holes, pieces missing, you can start to see yourself for who you are. Who you could be.