The Day I Found You by Pedro Chagas Freitas & Daniel Hahn

Author:Pedro Chagas Freitas & Daniel Hahn [Freitas, Pedro Chagas & Hahn, Daniel]
Language: eng
Format: epub
ISBN: 9781786072511
Amazon: 1786072513
Publisher: Oneworld Publications
Published: 2018-10-09T00:00:00+00:00

I’m writing to you today about the important ifs of life. Hold on to them, and then, when at any moment you feel alarmed, grab hold of them again. You’ll find you never want for anything again. I promise.

If you love with complete security, give up on loving, because, you should know, when you love with complete security you’re not loving in the slightest.

If you weren’t afraid of saying you love, of how you felt when you were exposing the vastest part of yourself, give up on loving, because, you should know, it’s only what makes us afraid that’s worth our being afraid to lose it.

If you didn’t go to sleep every night with an inexplicable desire to wake back up just to be in the arms of the person with whom you’ve fallen asleep, give up on loving, because, you should know, it’s only what makes us fall asleep happy while still wanting to wake up happy that is real love.

If you don’t wake up every day with an inexplicable desire to go back to sleep just so you can fall asleep peacefully beside the person you love, give up on loving, because, you should know, it’s only what makes us wake up happy while still wanting to fall asleep happy that is real love.

If you aren’t lost whenever you are without the person you love, even if it’s a few simple seconds, give up on loving, because, you should know, if you love you’re only in the right place when you’re in the same place as the person you love.

If you aren’t stupidly happy just to see the person you love happy, give up on loving, because, you should know, happiness when you love only exists as a pair, and when one of the two is happy without the other being happy it’s because both are unhappy as long as they aren’t both happy.

If you can’t imagine yourself growing into a little old lady alongside the little old man who is the person you love and if this isn’t an image that shivers you with happiness from the tips of your toes to the end of your hair, give up on loving, because, you should know, when you don’t understand that growing old is cool because it offers you the possibility of loving the person you love until the end of your days then probably you don’t really love at all.

If as you read all these words I have written for you, you don’t fancy coming with me round behind the science building and embracing me more tightly than you’ve ever embraced anyone before, give up on loving, because, you should know, I decided a long while back, when I saw you walk into psychology class for the first time, that you were love, and if there weren’t you then it had better be just me. After all, better to spend my life just dreaming of being yours than spend my life just pretending to be someone else’s.

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