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Kabir| Rel.Architect's avatar

Our love stories are never only about our lovers. They are maps of the selves we encountered along the way. That opening reframe is the most important thing in this piece and you earned the right to say it by building the whole essay around it. The Canova image is extraordinary — arms that lift rather than pull, love that calls forth rather than contains. And the distinction between scarcity and abundance in love, between gripping and witnessing, between asking someone to make us whole and allowing them to reveal what was already waiting . Michelle, this is not an essay. This is a life's understanding distilled into one sitting. I will return to this piece for years.

Michelle Ried's avatar

Thank you. I feel heard. Grateful. ✨🙏✨

Jenn's avatar

Awww. I'm 47 and catching up fast lol. Once the switch flips to receptivity there is no going back. Finding yourself leads to more peace and awe than I could have ever imagined. Your writing resonated with everything I have been awakening to after my own long road to get this point. 🙏🙂

Jenn's avatar

So layered, so amazing, and what I wish my younger self could have known would be waiting for me once I was ready to receive. What lovely clarity and insight. 🌅 ❤️

Michelle Ried's avatar

Thank you, Jenn. 48 years of hard knocks to get here myself. Haha 🙏❤️‍🩹☀️😌