the best birthday gift - learning to love

one of the most beautiful things about loving somebody is dying to yourself. it's times like these you realise that you're stronger than you know, that your frail and meager heart is capable of something bigger than you can ever imagine and that love indeed empties, heals, nourishes, fills, strengthens, emboldens, illuminates, cleanses, transforms, creates, soothes....frees. it's not easy, noone ever said it was. it's one of the most painful things you may encounter and you may want to give up halfway, even to the point of wishing you would die. but, there's nothing more important. nothing worth more. than to love and to forgive. every. chance. you. get. which is all the time, here and now. i wish i did it sooner. but i'm excited and looking forward now, to love, love, love!




p.s. this doesn't mean letting go of your self-worth and allowing yourself to stay trapped in a situation or relationship which batters it.