Believe me, you will get there. One day, you will wake up on a lazy Sunday morning with the love of your life fast asleep by your side, and you'll prop yourself up with your elbows. and drop a soft kiss on their forehead before sliding out of bed to greet the day. At that point, everything will fall into place. You won't worry about racing through life, instead you will take it steadily — you will let the sun be kind to your skin, just as your person is to your heart. And you will smile, wholeheartedly, unabashedly, the kind of smile that spreads from cheek to cheek and doesn't leave as the day pushes forward. You will laugh, dance and feel giddy with joy —but you won't view life through a rose-tinted lens. Because you'll accept that life isn't always easy, and that love is the toughest commitment you could make, but you will appreciate the hard corners and rawness that your experiences will bring. You will know that even on days when darkness presses like a weight on your back and your heart thumps with pain —self-love, family, friendships and your person; they can all save you. One day, you will wrap your arms around the love of your life and drop a kiss on their shoulder, not for saving you, not for holding your hand to steady you, not for being the air that you breathe in, but for standing beside you while you continue to do all those things for yourself, every single day.