Rania Naim

Sometimes it feels like you have everything but it also means nothing. Sometimes it feels like you’re only putting on a show and now you’re running out of ideas.

You can’t just text me out of the blue and demand a response after going months without texting me, after you made me wait anxiously for a response I never got.

It’s hard for you to find love because you found more safety in your loneliness. You like knowing that you don’t have to deal with anyone who could be lying to you or cheating on you or about to break your heart. You like having the upper hand.

I think I’m starting to understand the benefits of heartbreak. It humbles you. It makes you realize that no matter who you are and what you do, you’re still not for everyone and not everyone will admire you the way you think they will.

1. You’re not happy. You’re always crying. You’re feeling down all the time and it’s affecting your well-being, your productivity, your energy and your mood. 2. Your contact is diminishing.

It’s not enough just to like someone. A crush is not enough. You have to make them feel wanted. You have to make them feel valued.

Thank you for reminding us not to settle for half-love or almost relationships or excuses or maybes. Thank you for showing us that we can be a priority. Thank you for reminding us that those who love us will always put us first.

Love is not supposed to be painful. Suffering is not always the by-product of love.

The truth is, when you try to fix something that is already broken, you’re settling for something that is so frail that it could easily break again. You’re settling for something that could potentially break you.

“I’ve finally learned to love myself and it’s made all the difference in my day-to-day existence. I wake up every morning feeling satisfied and prepared to take on the world!”

And sometimes you drink a little and your eyes tell a different story. Your vulnerable voice tells me you hate this distance. Your body tells me you’re afraid of getting closer.

He won’t wait until everything is perfect or until he’s fully ready to commit. He will jump in with both feet because the thought of losing you makes him sick, the thought of you being with someone else terrifies him and the thought of him loving someone else drives him crazy.

Someday your pain will be the reason why you fought for your happiness, fought for a better life and fought for answers, for closure and asked for things you would have never asked for if you weren’t hurting.

They’ll remember you once they learn that only very few people can actually love them without trying to change them. They’ll remember you when they get over the phase they’re in and realize that maybe they messed up by letting you go.

I never know if I should you call an almost. Because that’s what you were, an almost lover, we almost made it but then I refer to almost as something of the past, something that is no longer in my life, something that I forgot about because it didn’t mean anything to me. But you weren’t an almost for me, you meant something. I was sure about you.

The crazy thing about modern love is that it makes everyone feel so replaceable. So forgettable. So disposable.

Forgive me if I don’t trust you right away for I’m still mending the broken pieces and trying to forget about the tragedy of all the ones who came before you.

It shouldn’t be something you have to ask for. The truth is, if you have to constantly ask for someone’s attention, someone’s time, someone’s words, then you’re doing a lot more work than you should.