Rania Naim

When you realize he’s not the exception, you start to understand that if he was, he would’ve treated you exceptionally.

I’ll always smile and tell you I’m dating other people. I won’t tell you how they don’t compare to you, how I talk to them about you, how you always seem to come up in our conversations or in my mind and I won’t tell you that I don’t trust any of them.

They don’t allow themselves to be options. Strong women will not tolerate being treated like an option or being part of a bunch of women someone is dating. They appreciate commitment and honesty and anything other than that is a deal breaker for them.

She will make you feel the way the girl who’s sure about you feels. You will now understand what it feels like to be on the other side; the side of mixed signals, confusion, frustration and unrequited attention.

It helps you practice gratitude. Fasting makes you realize how much you take things like food and water for granted and gives you a taste of how some less fortunate people actually live; deprived from the simple things that we take for granted every day. It teaches you how to be compassionate and count your blessings instead of focusing on the things you don’t have.

I hope we can look back at this time as an intermission not an ending, as a cliffhanger not the end of a show and I hope we’re meant to go our separate ways so we can reunite again rather than drift apart.

Transformation is not smooth. It is often preceded by chaos, misery and self-doubt. Your breakdown will eventually turn into a breakthrough.

Don’t call me at night if you don’t plan on calling me every night. Don’t make me fall asleep thinking of you if you don’t plan on reminding me in the morning that you were thinking of me too.