Who does ever get what they want? It doesn’t seem to happen to many of us if any at all. It’s always two people bumping against each other blindly, acting out old ideas and dreams and mistaken understandings.

Kent Haruf
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There is a quote that says: “Who does ever get what they want? It doesn’t seem to happen to many of us if any at all. It’s always two people bumping against each other blindly, acting out old ideas and dreams and mistaken understandings.” It is all very true. If you were to ask most people with partners about how they met them, they will have an entirely different story in writing in their minds. The story in writing in most people’s minds are the stories they have told themselves over and over again for years.

The stories they tell themselves are not always even true. They are lies that have been repeated so often that people believe them without even thinking about it. To stay happy with someone or to be happy with someone you have to love them more than anyone else in the world. If you love someone, then you can’t be unhappy with them because it is impossible to be unhappy with someone you love.

When your relationship is happy, then everything else in your life will also be happy, including your career, friends and family, your health and even your personal appearance.

Source: Our Souls At Night

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