I was a neurotic for years. Anxious, depressed, selfish. And everyone kept telling me to
change.
And I resented them, and agreed with them, and wanted to change, but simply
couldn’t, no matter how I tried.
What hurt the most was that, like the others, my closest friend kept urging me to
change. So I felt powerless and trapped.
One day he said “Don’t change. I love you as you are.”
Those words were music to my ears: “Don’t change. Don’t change. Don’t change…
I love you as you are.”
I relaxed. I came alive. And, suddenly, I changed!
Now I know that I couldn’t really change till I found someone to love me whether I
changed or not.
poojycat 
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Sometimes having someone else value you as you are can create momentum and propel you to value you as you are. That is when real change occurs.
I agree. There is this moment when you realise you are accepted the way you are and then the change comes 🙂 Thanks for stopping by.
This writing takes me in totality.
yes, his short stories are such a true speaking.