Let me paint a scene for you: today my friend and I were hanging out and she tells me “you really rush into things, huh?” She was referring to my most recent relationship and even the relationship her and I formed together within the past few months. What I responded was “when I know, I know.” This, of course, made her laugh because I always think I’m right and I usually am especially when it comes to reading people, picking the people I want in my life, and picking the paces of those relationships. A recent theme in a lot of my articles are about the quality of a relationship rather than the quantity of the relationships you have and that’s exactly what I meant when I responded to her statement with “when I know, I know”, I know when good people have entered my life and I know when the feelings I have are real, true, and more importantly going to be in good hands.

I have always been a strong believer in knowing what you feel and never questioning it. That’s why when I got into this relationship with my boyfriend, I knew for a fact he would most definitely be in my life for a long time. There’s something about being sure of your own feelings, that comes with the satisfaction of open and honest with yourself and that other person. Your assurance of your own feelings, also allows the other person to be open and honest about how they feel too which makes everything easier. When things are natural and you can be your complete self with someone, as soon as I did with my relationship, and know for a fact that they aren’t going to look at you different is exactly why you should take any feelings you feel and if they feel right, you should take the chance to be open with the people who make you feel this way, regardless if they feel the same, but I can bet your bottom dollar that they do.

I would never call what I do with the people who I truly know are going to make an impact in my life as rushing and the reason why I say this is because as much as you try to avoid the feelings that you put off for the people who make you feel special, you are just hurting yourself. Those people who the relationships feel like they have already lasted a lifetime when it’s only been a month are the people who you are supposed to meet. These are the people who you may have met in a past life and are coming back because no matter what your lives are supposed to cross regardless of the circumstances because fate doesn’t wait for anyone, when it sees the opportunity to put you on the path you’re supposed to be on, it won’t hesitate to lead you there. So next time you feel like you’ve been having this conversation before with someone you are just starting to get to know, let yourself let them in, there is a reason you’re crossing paths again.