Love is like a drug that can either kill you, weaken you or make you stronger. Like a poison that finds it way through you body with each kiss, each touch and each look. It makes you feel euphoric. Makes you feel like you can take on anything that comes on your path. Whether it walks behind, in front or beside you. No mountain is high enough, no ocean deep enough and the sky had no limit. It can make you feel weak. Make you question everything around except the person who the love is for. But it can also destroy you in a way you never would have imagined was even possible. It hurts like a thousand knives twisting against your spine, paralyzing you. It can make you feel like the world just caved in around you, beneath you. You ask yourself if this is all worth it. Worth the euphoric feeling of someone loving you. Worth everything. I can tell you that in the end, it is. Because now you may feel destroyed, but keep in mind that a feeling is something that can be changed. There is someone who will build you up. Who will climb the highest mountain or cross the deepest oceans. Who makes you feel alive all for the right reasons. Someone who will not sugar coat his intentions. Who will not say he's someone he actually is not. Someone who wants you in his life. Who shows you off like a show pony to show everyone how proud he/she is to have you in his/her life. The feeling of destruction will fade when you meet someone who is willing to build you up. Who doesn't care how deep your roots have rooted itself into the earth to keep yourself grounded. Who will find every last stone to make sure your as strong as ever when everything else came crumbling down.Kim Pape
About This Quote
In modern day society where people are constantly working to find their true selves, it is essential to develop a sense of self. This idea is prominent in the work of Wellesley-educated poet Sandra Cisneros, who found herself unable to live up to the expectations of her mother and grandmother. The message she received from her family was that a woman must be a good wife and a good mother. Throughout her childhood, Cisneros felt that she could never be enough for either role.
She found herself in a place where she could not be all things to all people. In order to move forward in life, one must be able to fully commit to oneself and the things they find will bring them happiness. In this quote, Sandra Cisneros describes the idea that self-fulfillment brings happiness and happiness helps us grow as individuals.
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