When Everything you Want is Not Everything you Need
Why do people push away the ones who would be good for them?
There’s a song by the band Vertical Horizon you might be familiar with called “Everything You Want”.
I always liked that song, but it’s what writer Matt Scannell said in an interview that really hit home for me.
“I was in love with this girl, and she was just a broken person. She kept turning to everyone except me for love and acceptance, and I wanted so much to help her. I wanted to be the one to give her everything she wanted, but I couldn’t. She just couldn’t accept it from me, and it was that pain, that led me to creating the song.”
I think that’s something many of us can relate to. I’ve certainly been there — years before I met my wife. It’s interesting to think about the emotions it generates.
There was a time in my life when I was surrounded by completely broken people, to the point where I had no idea what “stable” was. And here were these people rejecting me, telling me I wasn’t good…
