Like I'm the prize at the end of the achievement, the validation that he's done everything right. He builds his career, proves his strength, conquers the world, and then he gets me. As if I'm the final level of the game. 🎮

And I understand where it comes from. There's something that feels flattering about that, in a way. Like I matter enough to be worth fighting for. But the more I think about it, the more it troubles me. Because that means my value is tied to someone else's achievements. That I'm not a person choosing alongside someone—I'm a possession they've earned. 💛

My faith actually speaks to something much deeper than that. It says I have intrinsic worth. Not because of what I do or what someone else has done, but because of who I am. I'm not here to complete someone's story. I'm here living my own story, and if someone chooses to walk alongside me in that, it should be as equals choosing each other. Not as a reward system. 🤝

I want to be someone's choice, not his accomplishment. I want to matter because of who I am, not because of what I represent in his narrative of self-improvement. There's a difference, and it's important. It's the difference between love and ownership, between partnership and possession. 🕊️