I know how it is when you’ve been hurt before, probably by someone who thought would never ever hurt you. But they did, and now, here you are…
A little older, a little wiser, and a lot more careful about who you let in.
You don’t like to give your number out and when you do take the chance and start to let them in you make sure to be the one who cares less, and you make sure to walk away before they can. You don’t ever want your happiness to depend on someone else.
Not after last time.
You tell your friends that you guys just didn’t ‘click’ but you know you didn’t even give them a chance.
You don’t want to be vulnerable, because vulnerable people get their hearts broken.
You’ve found out that the best way to protect your heart is to pretend that you don’t have one.
You convince yourself that you like to be alone and that this is exactly what you want.
But it isn’t.
It might seem better to be heartless than heartbroken but that’s no way to live your life.
So stop it.
When you get something wrong you don’t just give up. You try again, you know a little more, are a little more careful, and you continue.
So no, don’t let your happiness depend on someone else, but don’t be afraid to let people contribute to it either.
As hard as it is to believe, not everyone will hurt you like that and you’ll appreciate the ones who don’t a little bit more than before.
