Paulina Porizkova Questions What We ‘Deserve’ Amid New Romance

Model Paulina Porizkova is questioning what she, and what we all, "deserve" in life amid her new romance with “Will & Grace” showrunner Jeff Greenstein.

The Czech-born model has been quiet on Instagram due to her whirlwind tour around Central Europe, but fans are glad to see her candid admissions return in a new Instagram post that was certainly food for thought!

On Monday morning, the “No Filter: The Good, The Bad, and The Beautiful” author took to Instagram to share a stunning snap that featured her about to kiss her new beau in what appears to be an elevator. She is wearing a strapless purple long-sleeve dress, while he looked dapper in a black tuxedo and polished shoes.

In the caption, Paulina asked, "Do I deserve this happiness? Do I deserve the good things in my life, do I deserve the love I found, do I deserve a new start? If I do in fact ‘deserve’ it, then, don’t we all?! Hasn’t every single one of us been through bad times? Don’t we all ‘deserve’ a break? Don’t we all deserve success? Don’t we all deserve love?”

She then transitioned into asking, “Do we then also deserve the bad that happens to us?” before adding, “All this talk in my comments by wonderful you - of me deserving these good times - really got me thinking. The word ‘deserve’ implies fairness.”

“You deserve what’s on coming to you, good or bad, as though the world was based on someone judging us all and dispensing favors and punishments based on our behaviors,” she explained. “And we already know this is not true, because we all know good people to whom terrible things have happened and vice versa.”

“If there is a God, and I certainly hope so, I believe it is the energy of love. The power of giving and receiving love of every kind. And love does not judge,” she wrote. “I don’t believe I ‘deserve’ happiness, or for that matter, grief, and heartbreak - any more than anyone else.”

“What I do believe is that events outside your control do and will happen to all of us, and we don’t necessarily deserve any of it. The only thing we deserve is a direct consequence to an action we have undertaken,” she concluded. “You all deserve a great big heartfelt thanks for your well-wishes.”

Just last month, the "Anna" actress shared another Instagram post that featured her wearing a white blouse underneath a purple sweater. She stopped by a group of flowers, reminding her followers how important it was to stop and smell the roses every once in a while.

"I’m in the middle of a whirlwind tour of Central Europe. Every day is exciting and full of events from morning to night, there are photo shoots and interviews and book signings, people to meet and greet, smiles and handshakes and hugs to dispense, and it’s all glorious, but, it’s also like trying to enjoy the art in a museum by speeding down the hallways on a motorcycle," she wrote in the caption of her post.

"There is no such thing as a day off. Every day is a workload of at least 12 hours. And it’s packing and unpacking and changing cities and hotels - sometimes daily. And I’m asked how I’m managing to expend all this energy every day without having a chance to refuel," she explained. "The answer is simple, although it took me a little while to formulate it in my mind. Gratitude."

"When I was younger, I took all of this for granted. The attention, the lovely places I got to visit, and the people I met. I think this is youth. You move through the world living new experiences without realizing how fleeting special moments are," she wrote. "You think they will last forever. With age, you know to linger in them. Appreciate them. Be grateful for them."

"Gratitude sparks joy, which in turn creates more gratitude. Which creates more joy. So it’s a perpetual motion machine. I did not actually have the time to stop and smell the roses. Just enough time to smell one, and take a selfie," she concluded. "But it was a moment of conscious joy, for which I’m grateful, and so I wake up tired and puffy-eyed, but with a smile."