love you.

I saw this on Instagram earlier today and it really hit home to me. 

For years, I settled for someone who loved me but not wholly, but I didn't love myself, if anything I despised most parts of me. Because I didn't love myself, I accepted this half arsed love because I thought that that was all I deserved.  Now, after many months of being single, many nights crying on the phone to my friends and a lot of work on my mentality I feel like I can honestly say I do love myself. I can see many things in me that make me happy and now that I love myself, I can see that it is unacceptable to settle for half hearted love, the person who loves you should love all of you. Whether you're dressed up for a night out, full of cold, stressed before an exam, any situation, the person should still love you the same. 

 I won't settle for anything less that whole hearted love anymore, I deserve it.

This is a deep post for a Sunday night,  but I needed to say it. 

Lots of love,

Laura x