A Visual · When You Really Like Someone
Liking someone isn’t one feeling — it’s at least two, and they’re worth telling apart.
“There is but one I, or Us, but one divine Principle, or Mind, governing all existence; man and woman unchanged forever in their individual characters, even as numbers which never blend with each other, though they are governed by one Principle.”
— Science and Health with Key to the Scriptures, Mary Baker Eddy, pp. 588:9–19
| Not Aligned | Aligned |
|---|---|
| Has to be a secret to feel okay | Feels fine out in the open |
| “I need them to text back RIGHT NOW” | Can wait without falling apart |
| Trying to change who I am to get noticed | Still feels like myself |
| Jealous or upset when they talk to anyone else | Still glad for them either way |
| Leaves me anxious, checking my phone | Leaves me calm, still able to focus |
You get to like someone and still be fully you.
Think of someone you like right now (or made-up, if you’d rather) — which end of the dial is it closer to?
One thing that would move the needle toward “Aligned”: