There’s so much talk in the empowerment space about not settling, and for the most part this is a very good thing. Many of us have been conditioned to settle for far less than we should when it comes to our relationships. However, this notion of never settling can and often does swing out of balance and throw us into the deep end of our own unrealistic expectations of how a partnership should look. With maturity, time and wisdom, we learn to relax into life with a partner and begin to recognize that the constant need to feel something intense, to have grand experiences or bathe in the energy of romance can actually distract us from being present for the little things. No partnership is perfect, no partner will ever meet all of your needs, say or do the things you wish they would all the time. Just like you will not be any of those things all of the time either. Real life can be blissful without a ton of stimulation if we choose to stop feeding the negative energy and start celebrating the small things. A true partnership often takes a lot of time to develop because there’s work involved - often peeling back many layers of out own expectations and demands before finally arriving to a place of acceptance and reality. The reality is our partners aren’t meant to be our everything or our entire source of happiness and pleasure. We have to be responsible for our internal reality just as much. When both people are operating this way, the relationship naturally strengthens and we see that the imperfection is a gift. 🌿 @sheleanaaiyana