I Found Love: Raw Stories of Real People Finding LoveNäide

Love is the answer.

Whatever question you’re asking or struggle you’re dealing with, love is what you need.

Not the butterflies-in-your-stomach type of love that dies with the first frost of winter. But the stubborn, relentless kind of love that doesn’t give up at irreconcilable differences, that sees past failure and annoyance, that holds on through storms.

“Love” may be easy to say, but the real thing can’t be coded or typed. Love is not a “like” or a heart-shaped emoji. It can’t be measured by retweets or followers, but rather by its stubbornness in difficulty, kindness in times of need, and grace in moments of weakness.

If you’re surrounded but alone, “liked” but unloved, continually sending the world your message but feeling always unheard, then you need these stories. If busyness has taken the place of connection and if virtual friends have replaced real ones, then these stories of genuine love are for you. If it’s been a week since you did anything that let you connect, let you feel care and concern, then you need these stories.

Millions just like you have come to I Am Second seeking a place to belong, to be truly liked and heard. We are a movement that began as a website and a handful of films but has grown into an organization that brings hope and belonging to countless lonely people through the raw, beautiful, broken human stories of people just like you. . . .

You are loved—even if you don’t feel it. You are liked—even if you haven’t seen a thumbs up in weeks. A community is here for you, a people ready to say, “You are one of us.”