UnquietDreams
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Nothing to roll eyes on. And conversations change as they go as well.You are late to the conversation, but, as always, I appreciate your insights and experience. I said it in some of my responses to people and the question, I never said perfect or perfection. I am a romantic realist by nature. For many years, a cynic. I believed every relationship I went into had an expiration date. When I found love, real love, it was wonderful but I still felt like an entire part of me wasn't getting what I needed. Settling for that wonderful was something I was sure was my only option.
Many people brought up polyamory. I've had that discussion too. I think you can find what you need in more than one person, but it's not because you are searching for ways that the others aren't filling you. But, it's that "one" person could be multiple people that give you all you need.
But, circling back to "the one". I'm not saying discard needles because they are chipped or broken. Hell, me as that needle is hella broken. But, someone picking me up, holding me in a way that fits their grip, being able to create the art they want with me, that's what I want. And I want to feel the same about them.
I don't think it's an outlandish idea to find what we need in a relationship. I'm not talking the extras, the bonuses, the wants. I mean the needs. The stuff that makes you feel whole. Is it rare? Yes. Is it hard? Yes. Can it seem impossible? Yes. But, it is possible. And, being as selfish as I am, I want it.
I've already been told it's unrealistic. It's a naive way to think. I've been told my "goals" might change once I have it, and then I'll be unhappy again. I simply disagree.
But, I've also said a lot on it today. And I'm quite certain I'm getting eye rolls at me now. So, I will stop talking on it. I just wanted to clarify.
Ah, when I was talking about the perfect needle, I never meant there weren't imperfections. We are all imperfectly perfect. And a needle that fits my hand at this moment may not fit yours. We are who we are. And any analogy falls apart if you push it--people change where needles don't. The needle that doesn't make art today maybe the one that works perfect at another time. Omnia mutantur. (I almost got that as a tattoo, heh...)
But I think we agree more than not. I believe we can find what we need, and that what is needed in us finds others. And ultimately? In everyone's world, be it joyous or tragic, the one common goal: we're all searching for magic.
They say you are unrealistic? I believe in magic. And I believe it to my bones...