while catching up with a friend today & discussing the latest & greatest in our lives, we began discussing writing and she confessed that she wasn’t keeping up with her blog because she had so much to say and didn’t want people to know it was her.

i shared with her that i’ve always felt that exposing yourself via writing makes you vulnerable, but told her that’s kinda what i love about it.

her response blew me away: that’s why you’re so good at loving people and opening your heart. you’re willing and excited by vulnerability.

in light of recent events, it was exactly what i needed to hear.

she then said: most people run away from that.

and it got me thinking…why? why does that happen?

the way i see it: you want to meet someone, you want to fall in love, but you know the risks that lead to love… they may cause pain, and it’s the fear of that pain, that’s what holds you back.

but it isn’t a question of whether you can or can’t push forward. taking a risk is like jumping off a cliff. it’s a leap into the unknown.
with absolutely no guarantees.

take the leap.

see what comes.

decide that you want it more than you are afraid of it.

‘you’re neither friend nor foe though i can’t seem to let you go’