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I'm feeling like I will never find "the one". Hell, I never even date. Am I that hideous? Am I that fat? Am I that annoying? All I want is to get to love someone deeply. To get to nourish a relationship, to feel loved, to work hard. Yet, I feel that I cannot be what anyone wants or needs. That no one sees me that way. That no one wants me that way. That no one wants me at all.
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"Just as a jewel that has been buried in the earth for a million years is not discolored or harmed, in the same way this noble heart is not affected by all of our kicking and screaming. The jewel can be brought out into the light at any time, and it will glow as brilliantly as if nothing had ever happened. No matter how committed we are to unkindness, selfishness, or greed, the genuine heart of bodhichitta cannot be lost. It is here in all that lives, never marred and completely whole."
Pema Chodron
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