"We don’t see things as they are, we see them as we are."

You cannot give what you do not have. If you don’t love yourself, truly, not performatively, you will bleed on the person who tries to love you

The way a man’s life, especially in the beginning, is often built around one question: How do I become worthy?

You don’t need to be told you’re not enough. The world says it in a thousand little ways. You just kind of know. Somewhere between being a boy and becoming a man, you look around and realise everything you want- respect, love, attention,... See more

And that’s the great irony of it all: we all just want to be seen. Men, women, everyone. We ache to be understood without having to explain. To be held without being asked to justify our weight.

Most men aren’t afraid of women. They’re afraid of being seen and found lacking.

That’s why rejection doesn’t just bruise; it brands. It tells a man he isn’t what he thought he was. And the world, especially for men, isn’t very forgiving about that.

Vulnerability doesn’t get medals. It gets laughed at. Or ignored. Or quietly pitied.

And so men learn... See more

You will always project your inner landscape onto the person you’re with. If you’re at war with yourself, love will feel like a battlefield. If you’re at peace, love will feel like home.