Holding Back

Love is always worth it; it is worth the risk of getting hurt, because you do not know life if you don’t know love. Holding back our feelings, it’s holding back from being ourselves, it’s like we are hiding, or we are putting on a mask of indifference when all we really want to do is render our heart to that special one. Why be so careful? Those who truly love, develop at the same time the strength to overcome a heart break. Because love is the exercise of the heart; when we have truly loved, we have built the strength to overcome pain. It is not okay to be stubborn, or fools, and pretend those who don’t appreciate us are someday going to change and love us like we love them. We are to love ourselves first, and know how to take care of our hearts, protecting our dignity, self-love and self-respect. If someone will hurt our feelings, or betray our trust, it is their problem and their responsibility to show us, not our problem to worry about or try to find out. Loving others is a great gift not only for them, but to us as well. It is as strong and as important as forgiveness. They co-exist, go hand in hand and depend on each other. We are to forgive those we love, and love those whom we’ve forgiven. I write about this again, as a reminder of how important it is to open my heart despite the doubts, the fear, or the potential pain… and because it crossed my mind once again.  J