Kindness in conflict shows emotional maturity.
Arguments are inevitable, but how someone handles them reveals their character.
A partner who can stay calm and respectful, even in disagreement, values the relationship more than their ego.
Choose someone who fights to resolve, not to hurt.
becoming less reactive is a big part of growth and decreasing stress. sometimes this type of avoidance can be looked at as lack of interest or uncaring, but it isn't. if you let everything get you worked up, you're damaging your mind, body and soul.
the intimacy of sleeping together, but not in a sexual way. the intimacy of feeling the warmth of their body in a cool room. their hands hugging you tightly. the intimacy of synchronized breathing. sleepy half-kisses. feeling safe.
no matter how bad i wanna extend love to someone, i won’t be doing it at the cost of me. if u not growing, ur stagnant. if u stagnant and can’t accept that it’s u in ur own way, making it everyone else’s problem, ur a liability. evolve or die. but u not gon kill me too.
also ppl who can’t accept the fact that ur actually changed/not the same person are a liability as well. they cling to the old version of u and try to pull u back to that every chance they get.
An upset Michelle Phillips eating a banana during the Mamas and the Papas performance of 'California Dreaming' on the Ed Sullivan Show because they had to lip sync, 1967