We gain experience from past suffering, and often these experiences are in the areas where we are most gifted.
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"I don't want you to fall into that pit again and learn to live with that pain. Not anymore. Never." The kisses he placed on my skin didn't make my heart race anymore, they warmed me. I felt like I was having beautiful dreams in my warm bed in my home, where I belong, in his arms, and the feeling was so comforting that I didn't have to open my mouth and say a word.
He whispered softly as his lips swept over my ear. "Get ready... The party is about to begin." I shook my head slowly, staggering as if I was drunk, and then entered the house without looking back once. I struggled to keep my eyelids from closing as I climbed the stairs to my room on the second floor. The heavy sense of peace that he placed on my body caused me to mingle.
