The right one

Fall in love with someone who chooses you. Someone who fights for what you have when difficulty hangs heavy in the air, someone who insists that you are stronger together, capable of beating the odds, capable of turning even the messiest parts of life into lessons instead of reasons to leave. Fall in love with someone who is your calm place in a chaotic world; someone who builds your restless heart a safe space within their own.

Fall in love with someone who takes the time to remember how you like your coffee in the morning, someone who just picks up on your energy because they have made the effort to dive into the depth of it. Fall in love with someone who pays attention, someone who reaches for your hand when you’re having a nightmare, someone who holds you a little tighter when the world tries to soften you. Fall in love with someone who cares enough to see you.

Fall in love with someone who inspires you to be a better person. Someone who shows you the gardens within your soul where you only ever used to see cemeteries. Fall in love with someone who makes you believe in your goodness, someone who supports you, who ruthlessly encourages your mind and your talent every moment you question your purpose. Fall in love with someone who is proud of you.

But most importantly — fall in love with someone who makes an effort that stretches far beyond poetic words or passive convenience. Fall in love with someone who genuinely fills your life with wonder, and foundation, and the kind of hope that spills out of you and into everything you do. Fall in love with someone who teaches you that love can be rediscovered, reimagined — transformed into something that is honest and gracious and so for you that it feels like it was knit into your every cell before you even met them. Fall in love with someone who makes you want to be vulnerable, someone who shows you that it is okay to have faith in the heart of another, that it is courageous to try for something.

Just fall in love with someone who is both your safe place, and your biggest adventure.