I always believed in the saying "You must love yourself before you can
Love another". I believed that if this was true, I would never find the love
You read about and see in movies. I found myself purposely pushing people
Away because I did not love myself enough to be able to care for another so
Deeply. Then one day you showed up and changed my world in a way I did
Not think possible. You showed me that I did not, in fact, need to love myself
Before I could love someone else. You showed me that the path to self-love
Is not one meant to be walked alone. It is a tough journey that takes two
People to trek. I did not want to open up myself to you and have you see
The broken parts that I could not seem to find the right tools to fix. But
You turned out to be the mechanic I never thought I could afford. You
Stitched together my confidence and held my wounded soul until it
Learned to hold itself. I always believed that I could never love another
Until I learned to love myself, but this is not true. Sometimes it takes
Someone to love you first before you can find the courage to love
Yourself. Sometimes it takes another person to show you that you are
Deserving of the love you deprived your own heart.