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[sola]

I've said it half a dozen ways, but here's the one thing I've learned from my unresolved, unrequited love:

Of all the people i have loved, which one of them has not sometimes needed that same devotion? Which one has not in all their need and beauty deserved the attention, the time, the considered gift? Which would not shine in that relentless

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[ashbet]

I think you have the right of it.

And love has changed your life, has informed your actions, has created inward and outward beauty in the world.

For that alone, it would be worth it -- but as you said, it is a gift, sometimes a necessary gift, to the people who have had their lives made better by your love, whether or not it was spoken aloud or reciprocated.

<3<3<3

[tetsab]

This, very much, makes me think of this, especially:

"It sometimes happens that what you feel is not returned for one reason or another-but that does not make your feeling less valuable and good."

So, of course, what I think you say here is absolutely right.

[sola]

In a way, I'm glad this was delayed, because that letter and that excerpt were what i needed to re-read today.