If I have learned anything in the last two years of my life, I have learned that the only way to truly be happy in life is that you have to live with love.
Love yourself, love others and everything in between.
Learn from your mistakes, and from others. Don't hold onto things and definitely don't let others lack of love and logic damage you. I spent the first 28 years of my life letting myself be damaged by someones lack of love and caring. I internalized it and made unspeakable excuses for it, but in all honesty I am the one that enabled the relationships for so long. I didn't love myself, so why should it matter if someone else truly loved me? It never ceases to amaze me what we as people will put our selves through in the "name of love", "because they love me", or "because I love them".
Be it staying in a marriage, in a friendship, or in a family relationship, you will never be happy until you learn how important love and caring is in a relationship. Not just saying or hearing "I love you", but living with love. If you are not treated with respect, and your feelings are not cared for, you are not being treated with love. If you are not providing the same of your "partner" in the relationship, well them you are not living with love.
My point is, it took me a long time to figure out that I wasn't living with love in my life and you can bet your ass that I will not let that important detail fall from my life. No matter what pain and obstacles come my way, I can still choose to live with love. I can choose to rise above the hurt, and heal while I move forward.
After all, life is about the dance. I could have missed the pain, but I would've had to miss the dance.
