SWEAT EQUITY

He felt for them all.

Looking around the gym…

He saw people lacking in self-love.

The girl who just tucked her stomach in, posing for a selfie just wanted to be loved. The teenage boy in the mirror flexing his biceps, he wanted to be loved too. Even the young man acting tough and shadow boxing between sets, the purpose of his aggression was the need of love from somebody. They all wanted to be seen to reinforce and verify who they have chosen to be, but he had learned the hard way that that kind of love, the kind from others and not the self…

It is unreliable.