“Wanting deeply is not greed — it’s honesty.”
Somewhere you were told that gratitude and longing couldn’t coexist. That asking for more meant you weren’t appreciative.
But your heart is allowed to stretch. It’s allowed to ache. It’s allowed to hold sacred hunger.
What you long for isn’t excessive — it’s expressive. It’s life trying to move through you, toward more wholeness, more joy, more alignment.
Stop calling your desire a flaw. Start calling it what it is: a compass.
And follow it.
Place a hand on your chest. Whisper: 'I am allowed to want this much.'
List 3 things you desire in a partner that you’ve been told are 'too much.' Keep them sacred.
Mara S. “I stopped minimizing what I wanted. When I finally asked for it all, I stopped attracting people who gave me half.”
Desire is the soul remembering what it deserves.