Something that I felt touched by:
Borrowed from a friends very impressive blog site:
Sometimes, even when we want someone to be worth it, the risk of being wrong is too great, the consequences too frightening, so we give what we’re afraid we’ll get back, and then find comfort in being right. We seek the familiarity of a world where no-one can let us down, by ensuring no-one ever has the chance to. It may be lonely, but there is safety in the predictable, and in safety we can breathe. The problem is, that when we quality control to such an extent that nothing risky gets in, we’re often left with no filter to weed out the toxins of our own creation. And eventually, we succumb just as surely as we think we will, if we were to open the window and take the chance, except that an open window can be closed if needed. A closed heart however, is far more difficult to budge.
Sometimes, even when we want someone to be worth it, the risk of being wrong is too great, the consequences too frightening, so we give what we’re afraid we’ll get back, and then find comfort in being right. We seek the familiarity of a world where no-one can let us down, by ensuring no-one ever has the chance to. It may be lonely, but there is safety in the predictable, and in safety we can breathe. The problem is, that when we quality control to such an extent that nothing risky gets in, we’re often left with no filter to weed out the toxins of our own creation. And eventually, we succumb just as surely as we think we will, if we were to open the window and take the chance, except that an open window can be closed if needed. A closed heart however, is far more difficult to budge.