Brianna Gomez

But if you tether your self-worth to someone else,

If your entire happiness, your entire state of being, your entire mindset relies solely on how someone else is treating you, you will never be happy.

Because the truth is, number one, if that person knows that, they might take advantage.

They might know that they have you wrapped around their finger, that you will be there no matter what they do, no matter what they say.

It becomes so easy because you are so thirsty and hungry for their love that you will do anything for them.

They're living life so easy right now.

When it shifts is when you are able to say, you know what?

My love is not tethered to someone else's.

My worth is not defined by how much love someone else gives me.

It's defined by how much love I have in my heart, how much love I have for myself, for others, for God, for the world around me.

your love is not limited it comes from your heart right love is something that we hold within us yet somehow we've shifted the narrative to be like oh it's something that i need it's something that i need to almost rack up like it's a currency right how much love can i get from my family members how much validation can i get from strangers on the internet

How popular can I be?

How many likes can I get?

How many comments do I get on my post glorifying me and glazing me to the point where I'm not even really receiving real love, right?

Anyone can type a comment.

Anyone can send you a text, right?

That is not love.

Love comes from intention.

Love is not a material item, yet somehow we've treated it as something that is so quantifiable.

How many friends do I have?