Why.

I was asked today why I would drive 4 hours to see my gf when I could meet people in my own home town.  This is my reply.

For most of my life, I have been asleep.  I went through the motions and did what was expected of me, but I never truly lived.  Every day I would breathe in and out, my heart would pump, and my life went on….but it wasn’t living. 

Then amazingly enough, I met this wild flower.  This person who can make me feel so protective that I will take on the world if need be.  I met this person who speaks to my soul.  Who understands my ups and downs.  Who ACCEPTS me for who I am at this moment but fully expects me to grow and change along the way. 

I met this person who touches my heart and soul in a way that has never happened before.  She knows the real me and likes me.  She sees my moods and understands them.  She just gets me and loves me in spite of it all.  She loves me, for me.  And I have never known that before.

She touches me on a level that goes beyond the primal instinctual needs.  She touches me in the rain, and spring flowers, and summer heat waves, and the beautiful colors of fall.  She sees who I am and loves me.  She has allowed me to love her.  In all her faults and mine.  We are a team.  We are connected by emotion and substance and the desire to be a stepping stone for each other.

We both are willing to walk away if it is in the best interest of the other.  We are both willing to sacrifice our own needs to make the other happy.  But in that willingness, we don’t bring each other down, but build each other up.  We build on each other and grow together. 

We are a team.  Not in the traditional sense maybe, but a team none the less.  We love each other, we support each other, and we accept each other.  Alone we are good people, but together we are awesome.  That is why I drive 4 hours to see her.  She is my other half.