About a month ago, I stated that over the next 10 days, I was going to confront 10 love limitations. Of course, life got busy. I am back today to continue, but I am beyond grateful because what I would have said back in May is not what I would say today. Love Limitation #2: "If I relax too much, everything could fall apart." I recently met someone, and this is not to say he is or is not my forever person, but he is always telling me, "I got you. Turn off your brain." The hardest part of all of this is that it feels easy. It feels natural. Because of that, I keep waiting for the other shoe to drop. As I am writing this, I realize this is exactly what he sensed when he said I give off "strong independent woman" energy and asked if I could let go and trust him. This was right on time. Because the limitation is not really that everything will fall apart if I relax. The limitation is believing that if I relax, stop holding everything together, and allow someone to help carry the weight, he'll leave. That somehow my value is in what I carry. That if I stop performing strength, I risk losing love. And maybe that is the real battle. Learning that being cared for does not make me less worthy of staying for. Learning that I do not have to earn love by carrying everything alone.