{"id":2450,"date":"2017-07-07T10:00:59","date_gmt":"2017-07-07T10:00:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/bellagracemagazine.com\/love-letter-to-a-single-friend\/"},"modified":"2023-04-20T18:11:50","modified_gmt":"2023-04-20T18:11:50","slug":"love-letter-to-a-single-friend","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bellagracemagazine.com\/blog\/love-letter-to-a-single-friend\/","title":{"rendered":"Love Letter to a Single Friend"},"content":{"rendered":"

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\n\tWords: Elle Harris<\/a><\/a><\/span>\n\t\n\tPhoto credit: Issara Willenskomer<\/a><\/span>\n\t<\/div>\n

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Dear Lovely:<\/strong><\/p>\n

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I\u2019ve wanted to share something with you for some time now. I\u2019ve been waiting for the right time \u2026 but I don\u2019t know if that exists. So I\u2019ll just speak to you now, as you\u2019ve always done \u2013 with truth.<\/strong><\/p>\n

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I know you\u2019ve been waiting for your chance at love. I see that you\u2019ve been patient, and I\u2019ve witnessed your heartache with the pain of phrases like, \u201cWhat if.\u201d I want to honor the void you may be feeling that no one but you can understand with pointed singularity. And I\u2019m sorry, that in this struggle at least, I cannot come.<\/p>\n

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I want you to know that I would sacrifice all my wishes for you; I want nothing less than protection for the heartbeat inside you that has remained so strong. But I NEED you to know that being single in this life is a far distance from being alone. And I think I\u2019ve figured out why it\u2019s not yet your time to find that one person who will someday require so much of you.<\/p>\n

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The world has a plan for your love story, but right now your heart belongs to us \u2026 your friends who depend on you more than we should. Your grace, your spirit, and charm are necessary to keeping darkness at bay for those of us who count on you to be our source of light. You are an integral part of too many lives to be sacrificed to only one other. And while that may seem selfish, I don\u2019t know if you realize that you have a power and a magic all your own \u2026 and it INSPIRES.<\/p>\n

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Do you know, beautiful one, what a treasure you are? Because I do. You are more genuine and authentic than many people ever learn to be. And it has often left me feeling that in a world filled with generic models \u2026 you remain a true original \u2026 worth more than any set or copy. It is possible, you know, that fate has joined destiny to keep you belonging to no one just a bit longer, so that your spirit can belong to everyone a short time more.<\/p>\n

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Someday your heart will call another\u2019s home \u2013 but until then, I want you to know you are already <\/strong>loved, and this world is incandescently blessed by the space your heart now shares.<\/p>\n

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Gratefully,<\/p>\n

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Yours<\/p>\n

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Elle Harris is a believer of impossible things. She is a lover of words, wonder, and the whimsical delights of everyday living. Caught in the creative place between reality and imagination is her favorite place to be. Please join Elle in pursuing life with intention, and grand conversation on her blog\u00a0thisquotablelife.wordpress.com<\/a>. Find Elle on Facebook, Instagram<\/a> and Twitter<\/a> @ElleHarris82.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

  Dear Lovely:   I\u2019ve wanted to share something with you for some time now. I\u2019ve been waiting for the right time \u2026 but I don\u2019t know if that exists. So I\u2019ll just speak to you now, as you\u2019ve always done \u2013 with truth.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":7,"featured_media":1165,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2450","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-all"],"acf":[],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/bellagracemagazine.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2450","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/bellagracemagazine.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/bellagracemagazine.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bellagracemagazine.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/7"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bellagracemagazine.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2450"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/bellagracemagazine.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2450\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bellagracemagazine.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1165"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/bellagracemagazine.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2450"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bellagracemagazine.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2450"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bellagracemagazine.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2450"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}