Sometimes Love Isn’t Bringing Out the Best in Each Other

Sometimes true love means bringing out the worst; the darkest moments, the disturbing pasts, your greatest failures and mistakes. The person you love may bring out the best in you, but they should also uncover your darkest secrets, your biggest flaws and at the end of the day, accept it all without remorse.

It is the notion of unconditional love — a love that is a process of awareness and acceptance, of pain and recovery, of truly working together and showing up for each other. Having an endless appreciation for who your partner is at their core regardless of the mistakes they've made or the flaws they have accumulated.

True love is when two people fail to give up on each other. Who recognize each other for who they truly are, the good and the bad, the light and the dark. We all indeed have darkness inside us, but it is which side we choose to act on that makes us who we are. We are all conscious and sentient beings who make mistakes, who act out of pain and fear, who hurt others out of our own darkness. But the more we acknowledge, the more we forgive, the more we inform and respect others and ourselves; we create space for true love. We create a space where light and darkness can coexist in comfort, a space where we do not need to feel ashamed or conceal parts of ourselves.

True love allows others and ourselves to exist in our truest form.

True love is to breathe a sigh of relief.