love story.

Hey friend, 

Despite what many may say about the nature of relationships & community, 

In life- all you truly have is you. 

Everything can be taken from you

Family, money, lovers, friends, businesses…

All you truly have is your relationship to yourself

You could lose everything & be abandoned by everything & everyone that you ever loved- and be fine

But if you abandon yourself, you have nothing

Now its easy to love yourself, praise yourself, encourage yourself, believe in yourself, and show up for yourself when everything feels good

When everything seems to be going your way

Its easy to receive yourself in these moments

But how do you receive yourself in all the other moments?

When you are not proud of what you done, of who you are, of what is taking place

Can you still receive, embrace, love, have grace, and encourage yourself in this moment?

See, you are the only one who can ever be truly there for you

in the deepest most intimate way

in the way that you truly require

you are the only one who can give yourself the attention u require

and if u don’t find a way to give this to yourself, u will spend your whole life disconnected and striving to get it from others; from partners, from friends, from “community” etc.

I’ve come to the conclusion…

that all i require is for me to be here for me no matter what

for me to receive myself completely, no mater what

for me to show up for me and give myself the best of me, no matter fucking what

if i can do this, there is nothing i cannot do, create or change

Friend, 

You are the mountain 

You are the mission

You are the great adventure 

The love that you find for you, will be greatest love story that you could ever ask for.

-Jay

Jay Topp is a 24 year old writer, marketer, film maker & self-led educator originally from Australia, now based in Buenos Aires, Argentina. You can see his films here. Instagram here. And his business website here.

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