Life is too damn short.
You're going to face loss and heartbreak, have stomach-dropping-out-of-your-pants moments, giddy-with-butterflies moments, utter despair and a bunch of jumbled messes in-between.
Some days are going to be amazing, some days are going to freaking suck.
But bottom line : this is your life.
and you need to grab a hold of it with your two, bare, semi-calloused, nail-bitten hands and make something of it.
Listen, you will fall in love at some point.
Maybe you already have - lucky for you, no matter how it ended.
If you have been in love, you have been blessed with a relationship that has taught you valuable lessons, that has shaped you into a resilient, passionate person, and that has made you believe in one of the most beautiful parts of our human experience.
You're lucky.
If you haven't found love, relax.
You day will come.
You might be wandering around the city and bump into a strange man or woman who catches your eyes.
It might be as simple as that - embarrassed hellos, exchanged numbers, coffee shop dates, the first magical warm kiss - BAM. Love.
We don't know how it will happen or when or even why sometimes.
But we can't spend our days obsessing over this future, hasn't-even-happened-yet, somewhere-off-in-the-distance-relationship because we won't be present in the now.
When you put your energy and time and constant thoughts into your not-even-real-yet relationship, you are pulling yourself away from what really matters : the everyday life.
You need to stop worrying about who to love and focus on what you love.
The questions should be :
What motivates you?
What makes you passionate?
What drives you?
Focus on those things.
Thrive on those things.
Instead of scouring through potential dates' Facebook or Twitter profiles, lose yourself in a good book.
Instead of primping to look 'presentable' for a possible significant other, dress in what makes you feel good.
and while you're busy becoming a better, whole-r version of yourself, the love you've been seaarching for will find its way to you, I promise.
- Marissa Donnelly