hello september

i came across this quote recently and it perfectly sums up how i feel about love:

"You don't need another human being to make your life complete, but let's be honest.  Having your wounds kissed by someone who doesn't see them as disasters in your soul but cracks to put their love into is the most calming thing in this world."
-Emery Allen

patience, acceptance, compromise.
things that love tests in all of us
this quote speaks to all of them

people ask me if i'm ready to date again
and i tell them that i'm not closed off to love, but i'm not actively looking for it.

i believe in love.  i believe in its magic
in its ability to bring out the best in people

but to be honest love also scares me
and i admit that i'm not one without scars.

i know well that life can get lonely without it, but loneliness is the human condition.
my mom is the one who taught me that.
i'd rather be alone than forced in a place i know i don't want to be

i learned this summer that the best that i can do is to know myself
& to know what i want.

and with those thoughts i said goodbye to summer.

august might be my favorite month,
but fall is my favorite season

there are always things to look forward to.