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    an apology to past lovers:

i wasn't ready
to treat you well

i didn't know love
was meant to be selfless

i didn't know my pain
had control over my actions

i didn't know how far away
i was from myself
and how that distance
always kept us miles apart

(blind heart)

~  Yung Pueblo, Inward (Page 23)

      “Trust is the base layer of all human relationships. Without trust, there can be no value exchange, no community, no intimacy. If I don’t trust my wife, then her affection will feel lifeless and empty. If I don’t trust my business partner, then no amount of work will feel useful. If I don’t trust my neighbors or society, then I will see no reason to go out and engage with the world. Trust is the prerequisite to building anything good and meaningful in this world.”

      Mark Manson, Blog

        “Many of us seek community solely to escape the fear of being alone. Knowing how to be solitary is central to the art of loving. When we can be alone, we can be with others without using them as a means of escape.”

        bell hooks, All About Love: New Visions

          “There are two kinds of faithfulness in love: one is based on forever finding new things to love in the loved one; the other is based on our pride in being faithful.”

          François La Rochefoucauld, via Sunbeams (Page 158)

            “You can’t guarantee that people won’t hurt or betray you—they will, be it a breakup or something as big and blinding as death. But evading heartbreak is how we miss our people, our purpose. I make a pact with myself and send it off into the desert: May I be awake enough to notice when love appears and bold enough to pursue it without knowing where it will lead.“

            Suleika Jaoaud, Between Two Kingdoms (Page 318)