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How Do You Expect To Receive Love When You Are Siphoning From An Empty Tank?
My love runs on Unleaded, but I keep refueling with diesel.
I read a friend’s article a moment ago, and it sparked a nerve. Here it is if you’d like to read it.
I’d actually encourage it. Her writing is very raw and vulnerable at times, even though she is hesitant at times to publish. I love her writing, the way she gets my gears turning and thinking. It’s good thinking because most of the time, I am overthinking myself into my next drink or chasing an ex that never cared for me to begin with.
In the mentioned article by Sara Burdick, she said:
How can you expect others to love you and get to know you when you didn’t love or know yourself?
That hit different; it kind of gave me goosebumps.
Then I thought, I bash my ex so damn much. Yea, she cheated on me, lied to me, and manipulated me, but what do I have to offer her? I based…
