She didn't wait for an unguaranteed heaven that was promised. 
She didn't abandon her present over a future that didn't yet exist.

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The newness excites people; once the flowers bloom, that's when the butterflies come around.
When the dopamine starts to fade and love blooms, the butterflies are nowhere to be found.
You can't feel the butterflies in your stomach any longer.
The presence of love and superficiality can't exist together.
You chose to stay because there was love within.
That's why even when the butterflies left, you didn't.

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The fairies uncontrollably wasted their fairy dust and the witches absolutely did nothing with their magic wands.
Magical beings could have lived extraordinary lives only if they would have realised their worth on time.

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"IF"
Love in its purest state is unconditional, not transactional. There is no love if there is an "if" in it. I'd love you if you change yourself. I'd leave you if you don't change how you dress. Love doesn't need a reason. Love is not a profit. Love is a choice, and not an accidental feeling. It's in every action you take and every intention you have. The effort you keep making, the love you choose to keep giving. Love is not some transaction you had in mind. I'll get married and they'll "take care of me". I'll be searching for a "soulmate" who'll dramatically change my life and make it PERFECT. I'll have some unspoken demands of a fairytale and then set some unrealistic expectations, only to be disappointed later. Scroll through Instagram and judge every little move a person in a relationship does to label it as "potential red flags" or "green flags."
Overindulge in romance novels, movies, and poetry, and subconsciously idealize them.
"They'll fill my cup, they'll fill my void. I'll become codependent, and my emotions will become their responsibility, and IF they love me, they should be willing to do everything and anything for me."

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Actual love starts from the moment you can't sense butterflies in
your stomach, as love is more than unicorns and rainbows.
Of course, you do get to live the fairytale,
but you can't do it without experiencing storms and shadows.

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Boomers and 90s kids looking down on Gen Z is not a flex.
Glorifying "old school love" is just another superiority complex. Every generation thinks their generation is somehow the "best".
It is nothing but an attempt to try to feel better than everyone else.

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She was her own leader, although he supported her, but for the most part, he stopped trying to lead her.
Her dad stepped down as an authority figure and began to watch her life as a spectator.
For once in his life, he backed off with reassurance for whatever uncertainty unfolded.
Although he couldn't read her mind, he accepted all her uncertain decisions.
She was his daughter who had her own way of doing things.
She followed the beat of her own drums and did what she pleased.
She took the lead and went with her own beat.
She broke the generational curse of trying to people-please.
There came a time when he no longer tried to direct anything; he came only as a peaceful audience.
He was not there to instruct or command anything but simply there for the experience.

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People romanticize romance because they often live unfulfilled lives.
They are conditioned to chase "soulmates" just so they can fill that void.
People spend time obsessing, flexing and fantasing the idea of having a love life.
But actually loving the people they are chasing would be the last thing on their mind.

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Chasing positivity "all the time" because you want to run away from negativity so bad is avoidance.
Being too focused on negativity to the point that you no longer find positivity is called indulgence.

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There is a reason why there are far more people who opt to quit than commit. There is a reason people would rather find comfort in their suppression than take the risk to live out their self-expression.
People would rather stab themselves than have their own back because there is a lot more pain and effort in self-love than there is in self-sabotage.

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