“There’s so much more to life than finding
someone who will want you or being sad
over someone who doesn’t. There’s a lot of
wonderful time to be spent discovering
yourself without hoping someone will fall
in love with you along the way, and it
doesn’t need to be painful or empty. You
need to fill yourself up with love. Not
anyone else. Become a whole being on
your own. Go on adventures, fall asleep in
the woods with friends, wander around
the city at night, sit in a coffee shop on
your own, write on bathroom stalls, leave
notes in library books, dress up for
yourself, give to others, smile a lot. Do all
things with love, but don’t romanticize life
like you can’t survive without it. Live for
yourself and be happy on your own. It
isn’t any less beautiful, I promise.”