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I Found Love When I Found The Real Me

Morgan Oliver
Mar 09, 2016
Stephen F. Austin State University
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I Found Love When I Found The Real Me

Being a 21-year-old your are probably thinking "jeez, this girl has no idea what she is talking about." *clicks out of article*

But please don't. Not yet at least. I want to tell you all how I found true love. Yes, I love pizza, and getting my nails done and my family and friends, but I found it somewhere where else.

According to Merriam-Webster (do not hate),

love - noun \ˈləv\

  • : a feeling of strong or constant affection for a person
  • : attraction that includes sexual desire : the strong affection felt by people who have a romantic relationship
  • : a person you love in a romantic way

All of these are true but what I question is where is the definition of "self love?"

I found love in the most deeply passionate way when I first learned to love myself and then others.

Now you can totally sing in your head with me Rhianna's "We Found Love" but she has a smart idea by saying, "we found love in a hopeless place." In college, in the world of being a twenty-something, finding love is either a primary goal or on the back burner. For me, half the time I only wanted was to get my "MRS" degree and get out of school ASAP.

But along the way, I found a chance to really figure myself out and see the love I could give to myself that would overflow onto others.

These past few months have been the hardest. Ill spare you the details, but my folks live in another state and my sister goes to another university. All of my past friends graduated already (along with my boyfriend). So yeah you can say I am depressed about having to start a new chapter in my life because my safety blanket of friends and family left me. But it was because of the them leaving I had to move forward and take the high road to the life I want.

I found love when I took a risk at taking a new (but stressful) job and seeing myself flourish under pressure.

I found love when I joined a women's rugby club and saw the passion in the girls' eyes, which is the same passion I saw in mine.

I found love when I accepted the right people into my life and left the ones who were holding me back.

I found love when I decided to take my health and schooling seriously. I was tired of being mediocre and wanted to be (and still trying to be) the best version of myself.

I found love when I made ME the priority and let everything else fall into their respected places.

I found love when I found the real me.

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