I think falling in love is one of the hardest things we as humans have to learn to do. It’s probably the most scariest thing in the world. We have to learn to let our guard down. We have to learn to go into the relationship with an open mind, and an open heart regardless of how many times we’ve been hurt in the past. We have to learn to shrug off our negative thoughts and doubts. We have to learn to love, fearlessly. And it’s hard. It’s so damn hard. Why should we trust another person with our hearts? Trust them to keep our secrets? Trust them to stay faithful? Why should we put all our faith into one person? Because what if one day they decide to leave? Then we are left with nothing. Nothing. Nothing. Nothing at all except our tears, broken hearts and regrets. We will sit in our bedrooms and question ourselves over and over again. Why could I of done different? Be more loving? Be more affectionate? Buy them more things? Spend more time? It will replay in our heads over and over again. We’ll suddenly want to erase all the good memories we had with this person. And then we realize we are at phase one, again. Here we go again, now I have to start over again. I have to put this painful break-up in my past because not every guy is going to be like this. But when will I meet another guy who’s going to treat me right? How do I know he’s not going to be like the last one? Because, don’t you remember? The last guy was suppose to be different than the other last guy. It’s a vicious cycle. But it’s what we as humans need to learn to adapt to. We will have failed relationships, painful break-ups, scarred hearts. But what we need to remember is that when going into a new relationship, it’s very unfair to hold back from that person. It’s unfair to put your guard up too high. It’s unfair to remain at a distance. Because what if this is the guy you’ve been waiting for? You’ll never know because you are spending too much time holding back. So love fearlessly, regardless of how many times you’ve been hurt. Because you honestly never know what could happen. And you know you don’t want to end up alone. One of the hardest things humans will ever have to do is learn to love, and be loved in return.