iii. this woman is all i got

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ii. its mutual

it's always a great feeling when someone says,

"i know exactly what you mean..."

"i completely understand what you're saying.."

"i know how you feel..."

it makes you feel like you aren't the only one in the world who thinks about things.. and that's a really good feeling.

:)

i. tell a story.

"... to be told when you are young and searching that "you can be anything" is not helpful. it's too vast. it gives no direction. to be told when you are older that "you can do anything a man can do" isn't helpful, either. i didn't want to be a man. what does it mean to be a woman?...."

"... i know i am not alone in this nagging sense of failing to measure up. a feeling of not being good enough as a woman. every woman i've ever met feels it- something deeper than just the sense of failing at what she does. an underlying, gut feeling of failing at who she is. i am not enough, and, i am too much at the same time..."

"... why do our days seem so unimportant, filled not with romance and adventure but with duties and demands? we feel unseen, even by those who are closest to us. we feel unsought- that no one has the passion to pursue us. and we feel uncertain- uncertain what it means to be a woman; uncertain what it truly means to be feminine; uncertain if we are or ever will be..."

"... aware of our deep failings, we pour contempt on our own hearts for wanting more. we long for intimacy and for adventure; we long to be the beauty of some great story. but the desires set deep in our hearts seem like a luxury, granted only to those women who get their acts together. the message to the rest of us is-- try harder..."

"... why is it so hard to create meaningful friendships and sustain them?..."

- captivating: john and stasi eldredge