What I Learned from Being the Second Choice

I learned that I am enough. In fact, I am not only enough, but I am more than enough. Maybe I was not enough for you, but I am enough for myself, and that is all that matters. For two years, I thought there was something wrong with me. Why did you not pick me? You claimed to love me, and want to be with me, yet you chose him instead. I gave you everything I had; I poured my heart out to you and provided for you in a way that even you could not provide for yourself in. Yet, after everything I did for you, you claimed that I never did anything for you. You went as far to state that…