My horoscope said I was going to fall in love yesterday.
There was a time that would have lit me up like a Christmas tree.
But yesterday I read it and smiled because being in love isn’t at the top of my priority list anymore.
I’ve now become the person I couldn’t understand before.
I assumed single people were lonely, and guarded. I thought they were sour on life and love.
It seemed dreadful to grow up as a spinster cat lady or a hermit bachelor.
I wondered what was wrong with “those people” that they couldn’t hold a relationship together.
In order to understand someone, you need to walk a mile in their shoes.
Now that I’m single I spend far less time lonely than I did before. In fact I’ve almost forgotten what lonely feels like.
I have time to fully invest myself in all of the people I care about now that my attention isn’t being laser focused toward one person.
I can completely immerse myself into my love for learning and personal growth.
I sleep so well and feel so good! I love to wake up early in the mornings and I’m able to do that consistently now because I can go to bed at 8:30 if I want to… and nobody snores beside me, except for the dog occasionally.
I have total agency over my life…where I go, who I spend my time with and what I allow in my space.
So it was quite a surprise to me that my horoscope was right.
I fell in love with the sweet 4 year old boy who hustled to hold the door open for me at the store,
I fell in love with the newbie coffee barista who was so proud of the beautiful flower she made in the foam on my cappuccino,
I fell in love with my mom who helped my pup who injured herself,
I fell in love with my dad who cried over his birthday wishes,
I fell in love with my sister who phoned me to laugh with me over her funny morning parenting moments,
I fell in love with my son when he helped me carry in my groceries,
I fell in love with my daughter as she mispronounced the convenience store name we went to for ice cream cones,
I fell in love with the friend who helped my daughters wrist.
I’m a single person who fell in love all day long.
I just don’t know how life can get any better than that.