In life, many of us mix up our needs with our wants, our wants with our needs. We crave things we don't need but things we desperately want. We push all help aside when it comes to help, especially when it's someone telling us we don't need something, even though we know we certainly don't need it but definitely do want it.
You want that boy, but you definitely don't need that boy.
I feel this is something all young girls need to be told. Ah, you're 18, young and in love. You're at the happiest you've ever been in your entire life. You got the cutest boy in town, he's got a car, and you ditch school because he claims it's out of 'love'. You sneak around because your dad would never allow you to date an older boy. You ditch your friends because he's the only thing that makes you happy.
Bullshit. You're naive mind is telling you that he's the only thing that will keep you sane. At the end of the day, he mentally abuses you, manipulating your innocent mind, telling you he loves you but can't be with you anymore. But, don't worry, he'll still hang out with you, tell you he loves you, but also tell it to many, many other girls.
You may think that since this is the only love you've ever felt, that all boys are like this. Don't worry, you're wrong. You may want that boy. You want him bad. But darling, you do not need that boy. What you need is a life full of happiness and a life that lacks drama. You need your family, you need your friends. You need to live your life to it's fullest extent. Which means, let go. Let go of that boy who's been draining your happiness. Stop living in a lie. Stop pretending that only dedicating your time to one person is healthy. It's not.
Dedicating your happiness to yourself and only yourself, especially at such a young age, is so so important.
Never let something that you just crave be something you convince yourself that you need. If something hurts you more than benefits you, you simply do not need it. The only things you need in life are love, shelter, food, and comfort. Support, beauty, and intelligence. All you need in life is happiness.
