If we deny love that is given to us, if we refuse to give love because we fear pain or loss, then our lives will be empty, our loss greater.

Loving is a feeling that brings both joy and pain to my heart. Joy from being with you, being filled with an emotion so deep and tender that no other feeling can compare. Pain from knowing that I'm so in love, that I'm more vulnerable than I've ever

I understand with love comes pain, but why did I have to love so much?

Love means exposing yourself to the pain of being hurt, deeply hurt by someone you trust.

To love is to risk not being loved in return. To hope is to risk pain. To try is to risk failure, but risk must be taken because the greatest hazard in life is to risk nothing.

When you feel someone else's pain and joy as powerfully as if it were your own, then you know you really loved them.