Valentimes.

you learn how to love, by loving yourself. 
because some days it comes easily, and some days its much harder than it should be. 
you learn that love is patience. 
and overwhelming kindness. 
that love is acceptance and forgiveness and the strength to try again tomorrow. 
and if you can't love yourself in that way that is whole and broken and completely exhausting, 
then you have no hope at ever loving another living soul.






-Sharlyn Emily