
When you write and share your writing, you are putting a piece of yourself out there; it is an opportunity for an asynchronous connection between you and a virtual stranger. When you write about your fears, you are letting someone know that they are not alone facing those fears. When you write about overcoming difficult obstacles, you are giving some hope to someone out there that it is possible to do the same for themselves. When you write about your victories, you are making an example out of yourself — hey let’s aim for the stars, they are possible to reach sometimes.
“I want this person to complete me” is really just another way of saying: I do not see who they really are. I only see what I need from them. Therefore, I cannot see the truth in them at all. How can you love anyone that way? You do not even see them, the real truth of them, beginning in th…