Brianna Gomez

You are not a half.

You are not looking for another half to complete you.

Do you understand?

You are whole on your own.

There is no one else in this physical world that can come into your life and make you more worthy and more valuable than you already are.

And I think that's where that confidence is so necessary and where it comes from is you knowing.

Even if I never end up with anyone, even if I am single right now, even if I have to be on my own, I know that I am worthy.

I know that I am full by myself.

I don't need someone to complete me.

I don't need someone to validate me.

I don't need anyone to tell me that because I can stand alone.

and be strong.

There's this common misconception that being in love means relying on each other for every single thing.

It means being the air that they breathe.

It means not being able to function without them.

We become so codependent on other people and we think that's love.

A lot of people think being in love is codependency and I have to say that you will never be happy in relationships so long as your happiness is lying at the mercy of someone else's hands.

I used to wake up every single day before my boyfriend and I were even dating.

I would wake up every single day and the first thing I would think about was him.

And again, like this isn't to say that if you do this, it's an unhealthy person or it's not the right person, but there's also an internal shift that needs to happen within you.