Don’t let social media or characterless people make you believe that you’re getting too old to be someone’s first love. There are many people who haven’t experienced their first love yet, many souls like you who long for one person to spend their life with, instead of switching people like clothes and shoes.
There are those who’ve never let anyone touch their mind, heart, or body, because they too are waiting for someone with spiritual and emotional hygiene.
Just because you love deeply, truly, and without shortcuts doesn’t mean you’re outdated, it means you’re rare. And rare things take time.
You’re not asking for too much, you’re just not settling for half-loves, lukewarm touches, or temporary highs that crash just as fast. You’re not meant for the masses who confuse chemistry with chaos and lust with love. You’re built for the one who sees you in silence and still chooses to stay. So don’t fold yourself to fit into shallow hearts and noisy timelines.
You’re not broken for craving depth in a world obsessed with speed. You’re not weak for wanting forever in an era that glorifies detachment. They’ll tell you you’re too much, too intense, too soft, too serious — only because they’ve never met someone who doesn’t need chaos to feel alive. Let them chase noise. Let them drown in distractions.
You’re made for something slower, stronger, real — the kind of connection that doesn’t burn out in three days. The kind that builds, breathes, and blooms. And that kind of love doesn’t come cheap, fast, or often.
Just don’t let people with poor spiritual hygiene fool you into accepting the bare minimum of the bare minimum as your fate.
You are not too much. They are just too little.
— Sadia Hakim