When Love Arrives
I used to think that everyone who was coming into my life would be there for a quite long time, yet everyone eventually leaves. It was giving me heartbreak realizing that no one chose to stay and the question of what was wrong and what was right began to crumble in my head. I was terrified of being left. I used to rely on what people say about me to get validation so that i can bring myself a sense of worth. And as soon as they left, I began to lose it. It’s a slow process and took me a year to finally accept that life is a series of chapters in which the characters are unlikely to stay in the same place. They show up when they’re supposed to play the part and then leave as if it’s over. And there will always be a lesson learned along the scene they play. Acceptance, on the other hand, is the key to surviving this life.
Reciting a line from Sarah Kay’s poem
Maybe love stays, maybe love can’t
Maybe love shouldn’t
Love arrives exactly when love is supposed to, and love leaves exactly when love must.“When love arrives say “Welcome! Make yourself comfortable.
If love leaves, ask her to leave the door open behind her, turn off the music, listen to the quiet, whisper, ‘Thank you for stopping by’”
And dedicating this playlist to whoever comes along and brings the happiness I’ve been longing, to always be there for each other in the worst of times, to love any part of us without even trying, and to always find one reason to stay among thousand reasons to leave.
https://open.spotify.com/playlist/4hfvdV5Fb1asDdPfqwMLs6?si=2bdcffe23ded4c46
