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According to Moulin Rouge, "the greatest thing you'll ever learn is just to love and be loved in return." We all want to be loved. We all want to know that someone else is thinking of us, right this moment. We all want someone to be there when we really need them. We want to just lean into someone and have them put their arms around us and tell us it's all going to be okay.
But wanting to feel cared about isn't a good enough reason to keep seeing someone. It's not fair. Because a relationship has to be more than that in order to make it work. Feeling cared about, and having them say sweet things to you makes you feel good and happy, but there has to be more. It's just so easy to fall into that though. I want to feel all those warm happy feelings. I can't help it. And its especially hard when you've felt it before and you know what you're missing out on. But are we really missing out? Is that really all there is to life?
I was watching 20/20 for some odd reason, and there was this guy with no legs. i'm sure you're just like, whatever, a guy with no legs. But seriously, this was like Half a person. And you know, i hate to say it, but we're all thinking it: that guy probably doesn't get a lot of girls. But just after seeing a 20 minute story on him, I know he is most definitely living life more fully than most people who have the privelege of having all of their body parts. This guy is a photographer, he's travelled all over the world, he's super buff, he's down to earth, he knows what he thinks and what he wants, he's got everything going for him (except for the whole not having legs bit...). I almost think it can be seen as a good thing he doesnt have legs though, because now he can see what else is out there. he's not going to sit at home and watch chick flicks feeling sorry for himself and wishing he had someone to hold him, he's gonna go out in the world and take advantage of all it has to offer.
So, in the end, it is nice. It's nice to be loved, to be cared about, to feel good. But what else is out there? How much more could you be doing with your life? And what will it take for you to see it? Hopefully the rest of us don't have to lose any essential body parts to see that there is a whole world of satisfying experiences out there that don't require a guy whispering sweet nothings in your ear.
But wanting to feel cared about isn't a good enough reason to keep seeing someone. It's not fair. Because a relationship has to be more than that in order to make it work. Feeling cared about, and having them say sweet things to you makes you feel good and happy, but there has to be more. It's just so easy to fall into that though. I want to feel all those warm happy feelings. I can't help it. And its especially hard when you've felt it before and you know what you're missing out on. But are we really missing out? Is that really all there is to life?
I was watching 20/20 for some odd reason, and there was this guy with no legs. i'm sure you're just like, whatever, a guy with no legs. But seriously, this was like Half a person. And you know, i hate to say it, but we're all thinking it: that guy probably doesn't get a lot of girls. But just after seeing a 20 minute story on him, I know he is most definitely living life more fully than most people who have the privelege of having all of their body parts. This guy is a photographer, he's travelled all over the world, he's super buff, he's down to earth, he knows what he thinks and what he wants, he's got everything going for him (except for the whole not having legs bit...). I almost think it can be seen as a good thing he doesnt have legs though, because now he can see what else is out there. he's not going to sit at home and watch chick flicks feeling sorry for himself and wishing he had someone to hold him, he's gonna go out in the world and take advantage of all it has to offer.
So, in the end, it is nice. It's nice to be loved, to be cared about, to feel good. But what else is out there? How much more could you be doing with your life? And what will it take for you to see it? Hopefully the rest of us don't have to lose any essential body parts to see that there is a whole world of satisfying experiences out there that don't require a guy whispering sweet nothings in your ear.