5. Interest being shown, not having to chase someone and “play games”. It’s insane meeting women around my age that still act like they’re in high school. I’m not going to waste time trying to figure out the level of interest you have in me and any potential relationship between us. I’ve become a very upfront, lay out the details kind of guy when I’ve grown to like someone now.
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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.