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When our one becomes two, and we let ourselves be vulnerable, we try so hard to lose ourselves in someone else, and end up wondering why we ever wanted to do it in the first place. But there’s a reason why it’s called “falling in love.” We can’t help doing it, or who we fall for, but when we do we fall hard. The beauty of it is that we can’t control the outcome. But we can control the stories we tell ourselves, the way we think about what we’ve lost, and as we get older, we discover the heart can bear the weight of inimitable sadness—and infinite joy. Love is a human condition and without it, we’d be shades of black and white instead of living in full color high-def. It takes two to begin the story of us and we should have no regrets.This year, we hope that you write your own love story, the story that began as soon as you realized your heart could be broken, the one that led you down the path to happiness, or compromise, or the kind of love that makes you feel like you landed on the set of a romantic comedy, ridiculous and giddy and full of candlelight and romance. There’s so much beauty in the world and in ourselves. Write the story, rewrite the ending, and always be the heroine. Life is too short to carry love as a burden; love lights the world, it’s everywhere we look. Look inside, darlings. It’s in there too. Your very own love story. Fall hard. It’s worth it.
“Let your heart guide you. It whispers so listen carefully.” The Land Before Time
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