It’s exhausting, how people constantly associate love with “pain” and assume love is a constant battle. That you should always “fight the war” and never decide to walk away. That’s not healthy.

Self-love can’t be found within someone else, nor can someone make you love yourself. You meet many people through out your life that you’ll love, everyone who walks in opens a new part of you, a part you’ve never noticed.

You can try saving someone from themselves, you can love them with your whole heart, but when it comes to them searching for love within them, you can’t give them that. Just because you love them doesn’t mean they will find that love within themselves.

Sometimes what’s best is for you to love someone from afar so they can experience life without you, nor the need of someone to feel whole. It’s not always about needing someone, or having someone love you.

I’ve loved a lot of people in my life, a lot more than myself to know that every time I tried to make someone’s pain go away, or help them find their purpose, my sanity was to question when I got lost in trying to make sure they understood their worth, without even knowing mine.

It’s not a matter of always fighting for love, because loves not meant to be hard. Just because you love someone doesn’t mean you should. Not everything needs to be fought for. Sometimes the best thing to do is to let someone find love elsewhere.