I know there may be universes out there where I made different choices and they led me somewhere else, led me to someone else. And my heart breaks for every single version of me that didn’t end up with you.

You won’t be her first love. But maybe, if you’re lucky, you can be her last.
She has already felt the highs and lows that love has to offer. She has experienced every shade of every emotion that life could throw at her.

She is a challenge—a work-in-progress of sorts. But if you are willing to step up to the plate and love her right, the girl with the complicated past could be the best thing that ever happened to you. Here’s why:

She isn’t going to be the woman that up and leaves you for someone else, because once she knows what she wants and finds it, she isn’t going to let it go.

She will be gentle with your heart, because she knows what it feels like to have her heart’s well-being completely disregarded.

When she finds a man who appreciates her, she will love him with every ounce of her being. She knows what it feels like to be with someone who doesn’t appreciate her, so when she comes across a man who does she won’t let him go. She’ll appreciate him even more, because she has spent time with the wrong men.

She knows what she deserves.

She refuses to be your doormat or your emotional dumping ground; she will challenge you. She will make you a better partner—and a stronger man.

She will never need you—she is strong and self-sufficient—but, she will want you.

Her love is the life-long kind.
When she finds what she is looking for, it’s game over. She isn’t looking to play immature games with your heart. She is looking for something real, something that she can honor and cherish.
When she finds it, she holds on.

She will challenge you. She will frustrate you. She will make you earn her trust, and won’t give away any pieces of herself for free. She will be guarded, but once you break through her walls you will see all that she is. Like at the end of a difficult hike, once you arrive at the destination you will be able to stand back and admire the beauty around you.

Her past heartbreaks have built her into the beautifully strong woman now standing in front of you.

You're beautiful,' I said, all breathy and nervous. 'You could be standing in the centre of a star and still be all I see...

Give me a kiss and I’ll serenade you among the stars. Give me your love and I will pluck each star to set at your feet.

Wait for someone who could be the moon for you. Just as strong, just as steady, illuminating changes and seas and blooming flowers and summer nights. They'd wait for you in the dark. They'd dance around the sun. They'd receive your primal howls, your secrets, your dreams, and shifting tides.

Wait for the moon. Wait for nothing less than what steals your breath. What breaks you open. What lures your soul. What helps you rise.

Wait for the man who can touch you without using his hands, who can speak to you without saying a word, who can open you up and take you to places you never knew existed simply by being his authentic, conscious, magnificent self.

Don't settle, conscious love is worth the wait. 

There was always something you gave a higher priority than her. Whether it was the money, your career, or your friends ... there was always something. All the conversations that she tried to have, but you refused to hear ... all the evenings she wanted to spend time with you, but you were too busy. Everything...gone! And now, you can’t sleep at night...you can’t eat...you walk around like everything is alright while you fall apart inside.

My friend, let go of your pride and realize that you can never truly be the right man for a good woman until you are willing to change you first, at least at the foundation, before you go out and find her. There’s always room to grow, but if you do it the other way around, there’s a good chance that you’ll hurt her so much in the process, that she’ll have no choice but to leave long before you’re able to complete the change.

That's a lose-lose situation. You lose a good woman and she loses the good man you could have been had you just worked on you before you came looking for her.