To Love is Risky, To Not Love is Foolish

To love is risky…

Afterall, the most precious part of you- your heart, is to be put at stake.

Offering someone your heart, is in other words offering them the power to hurt you, to betray you, to break you, in all ways, inside and out. Metaphorically, Love is taking a step forward without knowing what lies ahead. It’s both, breathing deeply and forgetting how to breathe at the same time, yet trusting that you’ll catch your breath when you fall into someone else’s arms.

This ‘Love,’ however, comes with some unspoken terms. It requires allowing not just yourself to be shared, but also your vulnerabilities, your inner thoughts, your hopes, emotions, your true self. The more love you want to give and receive, the more you must allow yourself to be shared on deeper levels. That right there, is the risky paradox of ‘love’.

To be loved is just as risky; perhaps two sides of the same coin.

To truly allow yourself to feel love, you must first cultivate self-love, to some extent at least. In today’s world, where insecurities often dominate our thoughts, loving oneself isn’t as simple or common as it should be.

Even with the evidence of prior partners loving you despite your insecurities, despite your flaws, you still shut yourself from your love. Why? You’re afraid of them loving you so deeply because you struggle to love yourself.