Light at the end of the tunnel eventually showed up after the long path of darkness.
The phoenix once again transformed after gracefully recovering from the ashes.

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The phoenix hit rock bottom, as it was the only way it could rise up from the ashes.
It started from scratch and built an entire castle from all the damage.
For the transformation to take place, everything has to first fall apart.
At times, destruction is a good omen that something new is about to start.

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Romance and hopeless romantics are not the backbone of great poetry.
Creation of art never relies on successful breakups or an overrated backstory.

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Cooking remains a love language when it is not taken for granted.
Cooking is only an act of love if it isn't guilt-tripped or demanded.

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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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