Waiting.
How do you know if someone is going to be worth the wait? How do you know if things will work out in the end? How do you know that it won't be a waste of time?
You don't. The only way you'll ever find out is to wait and to see it through. All the way. To the end. Until you find the answer to all those questions.
Waiting isn't only about patience. It's also about faith; how much you believe in your love, how much you believe in each other, how much you believe in yourself. It's also about love; how far it's willing to go, how far you're willing to take it, how much you're willing to give. It's about your attitude. How will you handle the highs? How about the lows? It's about your integrity and your consistency. Are you willing to stay through thick and thin? Are you going to stand firm and stand by your love?
Don't be scared to wait. If things work out, great! You get what you want. If they don't, it's okay. It's a chance for you to learn something. Wait for your love. And, while you do, work on being a better you. A healthy relationship is one where you grow and not stay at a standstill. Learn. Flourish. Thrive. Loving someone doesn't mean being completely dependent on them and being unable to do things on your own. It means being with someone who brings out the best in you and accepts the worst of you. It's being with someone who complements you, someone who completes you. It means being with someone whose voids you can fill and, together, you are two individuals creating and cultivating something bigger than you can ever conceive on your own.
How do you know if someone is going to be worth the wait?
True love waits. Even if you go your separate ways, what is real and what is true is always worth the wait.
How do you know if things will work out in the end?
You don't. But you'll never know if you're not willing to go there.
How do you know that it won't be a waste of time?
It's all about perspective. Would it really be a waste of time if, at some point, it's all you ever wanted? If you don't have to live thinking that you should have given more or done more because you put every atom of yourself into it?
They say that waiting is the hardest part but the reward is so much greater than the risk. Even if it ends in heartbreak, you get something out of it. You gain experience. You find foresight for future endeavors. You unearth a little bit more of yourself. Waiting is difficult and frustrating but it's far less disappointing than giving up. Don't deprive yourself of what waiting can give you. If you find yourself alone and brokenhearted, get right back up and live on because, if you worked on yourself while you waited, then you blossomed. You matured. While you waited, you became more of yourself than you ever were. Don't give up on your love and, more importantly, on yourself.