• Love, Dating, & Relationships

    #Love is Necessary

    The Recovering Pessimist: #Love is Necessary -- Each time I encountered Love, I emerged as a better person. Love helped me grow as a person. | www.therecoveringpessimist.me #amwriting #recoveringpessimist #optimisticpessimist #mytruthaboutloveThere are two things that come to mind when I think of Love: Happiness and Heartache.

    Happiness is an awesome feeling. It feels calming; like a glass of smooth whiskey or a comfy blanket on a chilly evening.

    My experiences with heartache ranged from devastation to sad understanding. Heartache hurts, and while I don’t want to experience it, I know that it’s necessary.

    Both happiness and heartache are necessary aspects of Love. They taught me lessons which made me a better person.

    Love softens me. 

    Love gives me hope.

    Love humbled me.

    [tweetshare tweet=”I wouldn’t be who I am without Love.” username=”2n$28p1ijG!jkr6qAqbM5JM&XPcH%QfD:1:0″]

    Until next time,

    MsWalton

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    #Love is Unexpected

    The Recovering Pessimist: #Love is Unexpected -- It's been my experience that Love needs to come to me versus me looking for Love. I learned to appreciate the unexpectedness of Love, and I'm grateful for that. | www.therecoveringpessimist.me #amwriting #optimisticpessimist #recoveringpessimist #mytruthaboutlove

    While working on the Dear #Love Letter series and #Love: A Musical Retrospective, I realized that there was a recurring theme:

    Love works on its own schedule.

    You would think this be a “duh” moment, but like many things in my life, I had to figure this one out. I fought Love. I tried so hard to make Love work on my own terms. I planned for it. I did all the work required to invite Love in.

    In return, Love laughed at me and delivered a well-needed life lesson:

    [bctt tweet=”What you want and what the Universe wants for you aren’t going to line up all the time. ” username=”MsWalton”]

     

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    When you know better, you do better right?

    Until next time,

    MsWalton

     

     

     

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    #Love + Pride = Disaster

     

    The Recovering Pessimist: #Love + Pride = Disaster -- Several things have ruined my relationships in the past (e.g., jealousy, lack of trust, etc.). None of those things were as disastrous as pride. You can sense jealousy and lac of trust, but pride is hard to detect. And by the time you detect it, it may be too late. | www.therecoveringpessimist.me #mytruthaboutlove #amwriting #recoveringpessimist #optimisticpessimist

    When people enter into a relationship, a few things should beare understood:

    1. Someone else’s wants and needs should be considered as well as yours.

    2. You aren’t always going to be right.

    3. Your thoughts are feelings aren’t more important than the other party.

    Having an understanding of those three things is crucial to the success of the relationship. In addition, pride can ruin your understanding of these things.

    There were a few times where I let pride get the best of me. I was so selfish. If it wasn’t about me first, I wasn’t hearing it. I didn’t care about my boyfriend’s feelings enough to make them a priority. When arguments would occur, I was always right…even when I was dead ass wrong.

    My selfishness was responsible for many failed relationships. There were a few times where I managed to check myself before things took a hard left, but it was too late to salvage the relationship.

    [bctt tweet=”Pride will destroy everything in its path, including your relationship. ” username=”MsWalton”]

    Ain’t that the truth.

    Those lessons on pride’s place in relationships were hard, but they were necessary. I have to humble myself when it comes to relationships if I want my future relationship(s) to prosper.

    Until next time,

    MsWalton

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    #Love is a Winning AND Losing Game

    The Recovering Pessimist: Love is a Winning AND Losing Game -- As in life, there are winners and losers when it comes to love, and that is okay. I learned to live in moment versus worrying about when the other shoe in the relationship would fall. | www.therecoveringpessimist.me #amwriting #recoveringpessimist #optimisticpessimist #mytruthaboutloveAmy Winehouse was on to something with “Love Is a Losing Game”.

    Allow me to explain.

    In life, there are losers and winners. The same applies to love.

    There are moments where I was a winner in love. Everything was going well in the relationship, I couldn’t stop smiling, and my heart was full of happiness.

    At some point, those winning moments turned sour. Frowns and sadness replaced smiles and happiness. The relationship ended. All was not well in my world. I lost.

    But it’s okay.

    Heartache is an unwanted necessity of life. Instead of wallowing in my broken heart, I learned to remember those moments where I was a winner.

    [bctt tweet=”Sometimes losing is inevitable, even in love. ” username=”MsWalton”]

    Until next time,

    MsWalton

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    My Truth About #Love

    The Recovering Pessimist: My Truth About Love (Intro) -- I don't participate in Valentine's Day (it's a retail holiday, but I digress), however, I wanted to create a themed series about the truths I learned (the hard way) about love. I hope you enjoy! | www.therecoveringpessimist.me #amwriting #recoveringpessimist #optimisticpessimist #mytruthaboutlove

    I love writing about love and all of its complexities. Back in 2014 and 2016 I did a themed February series on love. I enjoyed creating the themes and wanted to do it again for 2017.

    During my brainstorming sessions, I wanted to do things a bit simpler this year. When I was jotting down my lessons learned for 2016, many of those lessons centered around love.

    Which brings me to the “My Truth About #Love” series. This series consists of four truths posted each Monday in February.

    I hope you enjoy the series!