What we want is not what we really want.
Tag: relationships
I’ve never been a confident man.
I’m sure there’s some elaborate formula that would shed light on the hows and whys: this gene, coupled with that circumstance, those parents, that culture, those schools, those books, that trauma, that success, these friends, those choices, those actions, and that value… multiplied by this belief and that evidence, equals this man?
There’s a point in every relationship when you finally get past the need to sell yourself, to show off your best qualities and virtues, and to bullshit a little about who you’re not really at all.
When you choose to love someone
You will have to reach
To stretch yourself past your comforts
Your practiced expectations
Your walls and barriers…
Being nearby
Can be difficult sometimes