How to Stop Tripping & Falling in Order to Rise in Love

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I used to have this idea about love. I extrapolated data from public school peer groups, romantic comedies, the songs I listened to, and the books I read. I didn’t look at real-life relationships and see models of love. I looked to my dreams instead, and I built those dreams on romance tropes and myths about healthy re…