Mindfulness

A Partner.. 1. There are two types of people you will meet in your life. One will run a finger down the index of who you are and jump straight to the parts of you that peak their interest. The other will take his or her time reading through every one of your chapters and maybe unfold corners of you that inspired them most. You will meet these two people; it is a given. It is the third that you’ll never see coming. That one person who not only finishes your sentences, but keeps the book. 2. I used to think it was important to have common interests with the person that you are in a relationship with but now I think it is more important to be similar in other aspects. Like how kind you are. How you treat the people you care about, how you treat strangers. How you deal with anger. How you deal with pain. and not necessarily dealing with all these things the same way but being perceptive enough to understand what action each situation calls for. it’s important for both people to be on the same page about what that action should be. It’s important to me to have that kind of synchrony. 3 You come to love not by finding the perfect person, but by seeing an imperfect person perfectly. A relationship should be your happy place, you shouldn’t be begging yo partner to act right. I used to have someone with whom I could vibe to my favourite songs because we share similar tastes in music. But now, I won’t ask for that anymore. I just need someone who is always willing to communicate with me healthily, even if it is hard, we both show effort to talk and listen to each other. Someone I won’t mind talking and listening to even when we’re at our lowest points of patience. 4. It takes so long to really know someone for real. The only way to know someone is through time and experience. And even then, people are continuously growing, so you have to learn them through their growth. Again and again. You’re continuously getting to know someone. That’s a relationship. The End