50 Ways To Express Your Love For Him With Words Of Affirmation

By Thought Catalog Updated January 12, 2024

46. “I feel safe when I am with you.”

47. A man came up to me, and asked me if I would be available for a date. I said I wasn’t wasn’t in a relationship, but also wasn’t homosexual, and afterwards said I appreciated the offer. ‘Ah, that’s okay buddy, I’m sure you’ll make some girl very happy one day.’ That man was very good with rejection… I think.

48. I was grocery shopping with my wife and this adorable little old lady stopped me and said, “You are so handsome, you should be a movie star.” I looked over my shoulder to make sure she was talking to me then watched my wife eye roll her so hard, Anyway, very sweet and totally made my day.

Trace the scars life has left you. It will remind you that at one point, you fought for something. You believed.

“You are the only person who gets to decide if you are happy or not—do not put your happiness into the hands of other people. Do not make it contingent on their acceptance of you or their feelings for you. At the end of the day, it doesn’t matter if someone dislikes you or if someone doesn’t want to be with you. All that matters is that you are happy with the person you are becoming. All that matters is that you like yourself, that you are proud of what you are putting out into the world. You are in charge of your joy, of your worth. You get to be your own validation. Please don’t ever forget that.” — Bianca Sparacino

Excerpted from The Strength In Our Scars by Bianca Sparacino.