When someone tells you “I don’t need you… But I want you.” Never take it as an insult. Never feel like they’re suggesting a lower importance of your role in their life.
We need oxygen, we need food and water, we need sleep and calm. To need is a primal instinct for basic survival; an automatic, involuntary action, like a beating heart.
But to want something… That is a conscious choice. To wake up early to watch the sunrise because you want to witness its beauty. To look into a person’s eyes and attempt to see who they are because you want to know them better.
Wanting is a daily, conscious decision. If they wake up every morning and smile at you, it’s not because they need to…
It’s because they want to.
Your existence in their life does not keep them alive…
It makes them look forward to living.
Clarity Through Fog 