It's an epidemic. Souls are being convinced and conditioned to believe that they are not enough or too much. How does it happen you ask? It starts with someone who is the definition of selfish. It starts with someone who is in a relationship only to receive. It starts with someone who always makes you feel inadequate or excessive (or maybe even both).

Somewhere along the line you start a relationship with this prideful character. They seem almost too giving and caring when you enter this relationship. Maybe they buy you flowers all the time or maybe they text you sweet messages. And then you enter this space. This dark, dull and awful stage where you seem to be pouring every ounce of energy you have into the relationship. This is when the damage is done. This person appears to no longer care. They become distant, irritable and angry.

You'll later find out that this is because they were interested in someone else, cheating on you or simply using you to feed their ego and calm their emotions.

But where does this leave you? It leaves you feeling empty, insane, not good enough or excessive. But enough about this prideful character. People like that don't deserve a glamorous introduction.

Dear Boy Who Taught Me That I Was More Than Enough,

I'm sorry I was so broken when we met. I'm sorry if I appeared to be a shell of a person. I'm sorry if I seemed cold, harsh or distant. I'm sorry but I'm beyond thankful. I'm thankful that you saw beyond my sarcastic comments and cold sense of humor because I wasn't always that way. I'm thankful that you saw beauty in my stiff upper lip and drastic new hair cut. I'm thankful that you didn't expect more from me.

Each and every day you put up with this strange version of myself that I now don't even recognize. Each day you made me laugh a little more and smile a little longer. Each and every day you slowly proved to me that I was more than enough.

Some days I would wake up and absolutely believe you when you told me I was beautiful. Then the next day, I was panicking when you didn't reply to my call within one minute. It's a battle that I unfortunately drug you into, but to my surprise, you picked up your sword and stood in front of me ready to fight my demons.

With you it is so different. I assume you're bored of me. I assume you're texting others for comfort. I assume you don't truly want to talk to me, but I am always wrong. Thank you for proving me wrong.

I want to thank your for proving that you love me and giving me more than enough reasons to trust that you do. I am going to be openly vulnerable with you and I just want you to know that everyday when we wake up and our love is slightly different, I will choose to love it just the same.

"And suddenly you made me realize I had never been too much. And I had never loved too much, I just simply loved the wrong person and that I have always been perfectly enough."

- M.M. Weij

All my love,

Your girlfriend