Chapter 5

Love even those who hurt you
As soon as we accept the fact that we cannot avoid hurt and pain, the sooner we are free to love wholly.

Regardless on how much we protect ourselves by loving less or shield ourselves from the outside world, we will experience pain and hurt, so why don't we just love freely? Hurt will come anyways.

There will always be fear when we love because we don't want to hurt, but there will be hurt from those who love us too. It's inevitable, it's human.

For those who hurt us even with intention, they have their reasons, right or wrong. There's something in their life that we may or may not know that would allow us to empathize. Finding those reasons can be very difficult and even harder to accept.

To me, if I know I'm going to always have hurt and pain, I'm sure as hell going to love and be loved as much as I can as well. I won't get in my own way.

I'm a true believer of everything happening for a reason and that there is beauty in everything. Whether you receive that depends on your willingness to change your perspective and open your heart. It's in your power, no one else's.

I choose love and face the fear of hurt. I choose to love knowing there will be tears. But before those tears, there will be laughter. And after those tears there will also be laughter. We won't cry forever.