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       i think a part of me falls in love with everyone i meet because everyone has their own beautiful thoughts and details and flaws and laugh and words and passions and soul and just the fact that they exist and are living, breathing, feeling beings is incredible to me. to know who you are as a person is almost a necessity in achieving your purpose and spending your minutes in the transparent, blissful urgency that is so required of us. from the day you are born to the day you die, every morning is a chance to learn and every evening is marked by a slightly deeper understanding of who you are and why youre here. im not a morning person but i hate sleep but sometimes going to bed early is nice but also im a night owl at times but every now and then i have to wake up early for no reason in order to keep my sanity and after years of living with myself i still havent quite come to fully understand how i feel about sleep or time or clocks or dreams but i can rest easy in the fact that tomorrow i may know a little more of the puzzle than i know right now. knowing yourself takes a lifetime to achieve and to begin to know another person in such a way is to embark on an incredible, lasting journey with a full tank of gas and endless miles of uncharted territory.

       there is a simple kind of beauty in the complicated nature of each person you come into contact with and also every person you may never even know exists. sometimes its weird to think about the fact that there are hundreds, thousands, millions, billions of people on this earth that you'll never get to meet or hug or know what their middle name is or what their laugh sounds like or what they are afraid of or how many colors are in their eyes but it's that remarkable thought that should remind us how important it is to connect with the people around us and love every ounce of who they are. ask questions-observe-remember the little things that dont even really matter like how the number 8 follows your sister everywhere she goes or the face your best friend always subconsciously makes in the mirror after brushing her teeth or your mom's favorite word that nobody can ever use correctly. because at the end of the day and above all else, we were made to love.