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- I know now that this is how it works. You don't get to keep everyone in your life forever. There are some people that are just meant to be a sunrise for you: a light to pull you out of the darkness. There are friends, lovers, relationships that are seasonal, and no matter how deep of a conversation you had with that person at 2am, no matter how much you shared your heart, even if you can still draw the lines of their smile like the map of a too familiar road in the back of your mind - there almost always comes a time to move on, a time to let go; and regardless of the letting go, I just wanted you to know that you're always going to feel a little bit like home to me. No matter how temporary, it is so beautiful that I got to call so many hearts my home.
- If you're like me, you struggle with walking away from situations that aren't healthy for you. If you're like me, it is hard to see the line between I care for you and I will put your needs before mine until my feet are blistered from racing to catch you every time you fall. If you are like me, then listen. Walking away from situations that are hurting you does not mean that you are heartless. It means that you have outgrown the shoes you've been using to chase unreciprocated love. It means that you are learning to value yourself. You have not lost your capacity for love. You are discovering how to love you.