The Shift

I think that the moment it happened, I was too busy with my daily life to notice.
It wasn't until a couple of days later that I realized something great had happened, and my life was about to change.
Something clicked.
Just like that.
I've been trapped inside myself for almost three years now, and just now all the gears realigned, and I am the person I believe I was always destined to be.
It's amazing to me that I never realized before how simple everything can be, if you just let it. It's really not about complications and over-analyzations -- it just is, simply because it can be.
The best part is: I'm happy.
I get to enjoy the man that I'm with and everything he has to offer.
I love getting up in the morning and exploring what the day has prepared for me.
I'm free and relaxed.
My eyes are opened wide to the beautiful things that surround me -- including myself.
That was the biggest part. Learning to love me, I thought, was never going to happen. I realized though that I'll never be able to love someone else until that happened. There was no way. How can I love someone for loving me if I can't even figure out how to do that?
Right now, I just want nothing more than this happiness in this very moment, and I know that's what I deserve. The best part is that if I want it, I know I can have it.