There is a risk involved in everything.
Every time you share a smile,
Every time you shed a tear,
You are opening yourself up to hurt.
Some people tread slowly through life,
Avoiding the closeness risk brings,
Sidestepping the things they can't understand,
Turning away from those who care too much,
Those who care too long,
Those who hold too tightly.
There is never an easy way to love.
You cannot approach it cautiously.
It will not wait for you to arm yourself.
It does not care if you turn away.
It is everywhere, it is everything.
Love is the greatest of all risks.
It is not reliable, it is not cautious,
It is not sympathetic.
It is unprejudiced and unmerciful.
It strikes the strongest of mind.
And brings them to their knees in one blow.
Even in the best of times, love hurts.
It hurts to need, it hurts to belong,
It hurts to be the other part of someone else,
Without either of your consent,
But, from the moment it overtakes you,
It hurts worse to be alone.
Author Unknown
To laugh is to risk appearing a fool.
To weep is to risk appearing sentimental.
To reach out for another is to risk involvement.
To expose feelings is to risk rejection.
To place your dreams before the crowd is to
risk ridicule.
To love is to risk not being loved in return.
To go forward in the face of overwhelming
odds is to risk failure.
But risks must be taken because
the greatest hazard in life is to risk nothing.
The person who risks nothing does nothing
has nothing, is nothing.
He may avoid suffering and sorrow
but he cannot learn, feel, change, grow or love.
Chained by his certitudes, he is a slave.
He has forfeited his freedom.
Only a person who takes risks is free.
~~Author Unknown~~
Heart Warmers
More on Love
Love begins with a smile,
grows with a kiss and ends with a tear.
It hurts to love someone and not be loved in return,
but what is more painful is to love someone and never
find the courage to let that person know how you feel.
Maybe God wants us to meet a few wrong people before
meeting the right one so that when we finally meet the right
person, we will know how to be grateful for that gift.
Love is when you take away the feeling,
the passion,
and the romance in a relationship-
and find out you still care for that person.
A sad thing in life is when you meet someone who
means a lot to you, only to find out in the end that it was
never meant to be and you just have to let go.
When the door of happiness closes, another opens but often
times we look so long at the closed door that we don't see
the one which has been opened for us.
The best kind of friend is the kind you can sit on a porch
and swing with, never say a word, and then walk away feeling
like it was the best conversation you've ever had.
It's true that we don't know what we've got until we lose it,
but it's also true that we don't know what we've
been missing until it arrives.
Giving someone all your love is never an assurance that
they'll love you back! don't expect love in return;
just wait for it to grow in their heart but if it doesn't,
be content it grew in yours.
There are things you'd love to hear that you would never hear
from the person whom you would like to hear them from,
but don't be so deaf as not to hear it from the one
who says it from his heart.
Never say goodbye if you still want to try -
never give up if you still feel you can go on -
never say you don't love a person anymore if you can't let go.
Love comes to those who still hope although they've been disappointed-
to those who still believe although they've been betrayed,
need to love those who still love although they've been hurt before.
It takes only a minute to get a crush on someone,
an hour to like someone and a day to love someone -
but it takes a lifetime to forget someone.
Don't go for looks; they can deceive.
Don't go for wealth; even that fades away.
Go for someone who makes you smile because
it takes only a smile to make a dark day seem bright.
Hope you find the one that makes you smile.
There are moments in life when you miss someone so much
that you just want to pick them from your dreams
and hug them for real!
Hope you dream of that special someone.
Dream what you want to dream;
go where you want to go;
be what you want to be,
because you have only one life
and one chance to do all the things you want to do.
May you have enough happiness to make you sweet,
enough trials to make you strong,
enough sorrow to keep you human,
enough hope to make you happy.
Always put yourself in others' shoes.
If you feel that it hurts you,
it probably hurts the person, too.
A careless word may kindle strife;
a cruel word may wreck a life;
a timely word may level stress;
a loving word may heal and bless.
The beginning of love is to let those we love be just themselves,
and not twist them with our own image - otherwise,
we love only the reflection of ourselves we find in them.
The happiest of people don't necessarily have the best of everything;
they just make the most of everything that comes along their way.
Happiness lies for those who cry,
those who hurt,
those who have searched,
and those who have tried,
for only they can appreciate the importance
of people who have touched their lives.
The brightest future will always be based on a forgotten past,
you can't go on well in life until
you let go of your past failures and heartaches.
When you were born,
you were crying and everyone around you was smiling.
Live your life so that when you die,
you're the one who is smiling and everyone around you is crying.
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