We Are Meant For Each Other

But at this point, you're comfortable showing up with no makeup on and your hair up in a sloppy bun. They've seen it all—zits, bags under your eyes, terrible haircuts, ratty old t-shirts, you name it—and they still love you. You know you don't need to impress them, so you're comfortable around them no matter what you look like. Sometimes you need someone to call you on your crap. Whether you swore you'd go to the gym every day this week and haven't gone once, or you've been moping around since you got rejected from that internship you wanted instead of putting your energy toward finding another opportunity, it's important to have a person in your life that you can trust to tell you when you need to get it together.

If they're doing something uncool, you know that you can call them on it and they will understand that you're just trying to help, and vice versa.

Of course they think you're amazing just the way you are—but they also know that you have goals and dreams, and they're rooting for you to achieve them. They encourage you to be your best self! They believe in you and they know that you can accomplish anything you set your mind to. Though they would never try to fundamentally change you in any way, they're always there to cheer you on and help you become the you that you want to be.

Though the two of you certainly share plenty of friends and spend a good amount of time together, you both also have your own lives, which include your own interests, activities and circles. They can go off with their friends and you can go off with your friends, and neither of you will feel jealous or awkward about that. You both have your "together" stuff, and you each have your "separate" stuff, which helps you strike a balance between being your own person and being a part of a strong, healthy relationship.

Sometimes, people in relationships can become totally dependent on one another.

But not you two! As much as you love them, want them around, and miss them when they're gone, you don't need them. You are both strong enough independently that you don't need one another. That's what makes your love and how much you want each other so special! It's not as though you can't live without them—you just choose not to. Alicia serves as an Assistant Editor for Her Campus. Before she joined HC full-time, Alicia worked for the editorial team as an intern, editor of the Her Story section, editor of the Career section, standard content writer, viral content writer, and News Blogger.

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You can be percent yourself around them. They're there for your ups and your downs. You can confide in them.

They're part of your plan. You laugh at the same things. You share important interests. You're attracted to them. You actually play and have fun together You don't feel the need to dress up for them. You aren't afraid to call each other out if you need to. They love you as you are, but they also make you better. I know that time is going to help me understand why you are not meant for me. I know that few months from now, I will remember you but I will no longer remember the feelings that you gave me.

And when that time comes, my heart will be ready to be claimed by someone who will be honored to take care of it, and complete it. I will feel like the world is being nice to me again. I will be satisfied in my life, knowing that I have everything that makes my heart beat wildly. I will no longer miss the things that I lost, the people that I lost. Angelo Caerlang is the author of Sparks in Broken Lights. This poetry collection by Bianca Sparacino is an assembly of words that celebrates the resilience of the human heart through stages of hurting, feeling, healing and loving.

Eat alone, take yourself on dates, sleep alone. In the midst of this you will learn about yourself. You will grow, you will figure out what inspires you, you will curate your own dreams, your own beliefs, your own stunning clarity, and when you do meet the person who makes your cells dance, you will be sure of it, because you are sure of yourself. Her words are so wise, intricate and delicate that you feel them caressing your soul.

I love this book, I love it so very much. Over the past few years, Brianna Wiest has gained renown for her deeply moving, philosophical writing.

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