"Distance Makes the Heart Grow Fonder"

     If there is anything I have learned in the past month or so of my life, it is that a long distance relationship can tell you more than you could imagine about the things you want in life. Really, there are two options: 1) this person means so much to you, and distance only makes the heart grow fonder and want to be where they are, or 2) the timing is off and you are just not ready for what is happening. Each of these options are perfectly fine conclusions to come to, but it is amazing how fast they can come about and what else comes with them.
     My long distance relationship has, to my surprise, already brought me to one of these conclusions. I have found distance between my boyfriend and I to make me become so much more appreciative of what I have with him. There is another thing that I did not expect, though. Although there is nothing more that I want right now than to be with him, in a sense I am happy to be on my own. I feel like I am getting to know myself all over again, and I am finding passions in life that I perhaps forgot about because it is so easy to get totally consumed with your relationship. I feel that now, discovering myself all over again, I can imagine not just a fantasy of our relationship but I can also imagine him fitting into my passions and dreams like never before. I know this sounds cheesy, and maybe doesn't make a whole lot of sense, but it is almost as if I can imagine real life with my relationship because I have to work on myself and my goals while working on maintaining my relationship. This is, after all, what it comes down to in the end: work. I guess that is the best way I can describe it.
     Maybe I am not making a whole lot of sense because I do not fully understand it myself. All I can say is that I have learned so much about what I want in life in just a little over a month of a long distance relationship. It is so interesting too because so many people say that these relationships are doomed from the start, but I do not believe them anymore. I think that if something is worthwhile and meant to be, it will be. I try to live by that these days, and my relationship in a way feels better than ever so far. For me, distance truly does make the heart grow fonder.