Love: An Observation

I think the hardest thing about love is the vulnerability one has to accept in order to be truly succesful in loving someone else. The problem with that vulnerability is the knowledge that, at any moment, you could be hurt or heartbroken because you've put yourself and your heart on the line. I think the degree of vulnerability varies with each person and each relationship, but I think it always plays some part in every relationship. Sometimes people put up walls so their vulnerability is extremely low, but then it's harder for their lover to get through and to love and to feel loved. Perhaps equally as dangerous, however, is the person who opens up completely, making him or herself overly vulnerable. I often find myself doing that, and the problem is that it makes it so easy—too easy—to get hurt. This probably isn't fair to either party because it then becomes a sort of "walking on eggshells" situation, which means that things that need to be said may not be said, for fear of hurting the overly vulnerable person...

Just an observation...