The more you want to possess someone in a relationship, the more the one you love wants to leave you.
The more you seek attention from people, the less they want to give you theirs.
The more you ask for them to give you love, the less they feel like you deserve it.
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It’s when we let people free to go, when we give our attention first, and when we love without asking it back, that we finally end up having it all.
It’s also when you realize you don’t need it anymore, because your cup is filled from filling others’ ones.
P.S.: Yes, I realized that while on the boat, coming back from an island
