Aceitamos o amor que achamos que merecemos

Depois de uma separação recente, comecei a pensar no que tinha feito de errado. Vieram-me à cabeça várias perguntas. Perguntas como: Será que lhe mostrei demasiado afeto e o assustei? Será que esperei demasiado dele? Será que estou simplesmente difícil de amar?

E depois apercebi-me que nada disso era verdade. A única verdade é: Aceitamos o amor que achamos que merecemos. O que é que isto significa? Significa que estamos a limitar-nos involuntariamente no que diz respeito ao amor. Damos mais do que somos capazes de dar e recebemos menos do que merecemos.

Why do we fall in love with people who don’t deserve us?

Why do we choose someone when we subconsciously know that he’s not a good choice for us? Why do we always hope that the person will change or that we will change them? We fool ourself to believe that this is the right thing to do.

We choose to enjoy small loves because we think we will never experience the big one. We waste great amounts of our time on someone who is not worthy of one second. And we realize all of this when it’s too late.

We think we don’t deserve better and that is why we settle for people who treat us badly.

We accept other people’s lies, manipulations and their toxic behavior just because we think we don’t deserve better than that. But this is not true. We deserve much, much better and greater things than we are settling for. We deserve someone who will be there for us when we are scared.

Merecemos alguém que nos trate com respeito e admiração. Merecemos alguém que pensará sempre em nós porque somos parte do seu ser. E nunca devemos deixar de acreditar nisso. People who treat us badly don’t deserve us! E essa é a única verdade.

We think we’ll never be good enough.

We think we have to be perfect in order to be loved by another human being. How cruel of us to think that. We think we’ll never be good enough because we don’t allow ourself to fail. If we don’t allow ourself to fail, we will never be able to improve ourself. We are good enough.

Tu és suficientemente bom! If they don’t like you the way you are, they certainly don’t deserve you. You should never change only to fit the definition of perfect. You are not perfect and that is more than okay. You are good enough for everyone else but you’re not good to yourself. Be good to yourself!

Pensamos que não somos dignos de ser amados.

You don’t have to worry that you’re unworthy of love because real love is not picky. Real love appreciates all of our quirks, flaws and imperfections and turns them into perfection. We are not unworthy of love, we are just giving our love to the wrong people who are not able to reciprocate.

Love should be easy, like a summer breeze, but we keep making it hard for ourself. We keep giving second chances when we know we shouldn’t. We keep hoping that they will change when we know they won’t. We keep giving our heart even though we know that it will be broken. We forget that we deserve to be loved. And we forget to love ourself.

Mereces ser amado.

You deserve to feel free of all the troubles you’ve gone through and you deserve to experience the essence of true love. You deserve someone who will never stop reminding you how beautiful you truly are, inside and out.

Ama-te a ti próprio.

Deves ter orgulho em ti próprio e só deves aceitar o amor que te eleva, que te inspira e te faz tornar a melhor versão de ti próprio. Aceita o amor que é alegre e cheio de vida. Aceita o amor que fica.