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Love is not searching for a flawless person, but embracing your mess, another’s mess, and the beautiful mess you can make together.

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Look for the girl who unfurls her magic next to you, who challenges you to look past imperfections, who makes you feel like you have climbed Everest and found the rainbow.

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Date someone who wants you to change for yourself, and not for them. Someone who teaches you something about love that you haven’t known before. Someone who keeps your relationship with them always interesting, always running, and never stopping.

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Plainly put: being with someone 24/7 in high-stakes, high-stress situations will really make it clear whether or not you like them.

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And though it would be easy to find someone who is safe and comfortable, it would be easy to date someone who doesn’t scare you, a part of you knows, in the back of your mind, it would eat away at you.