the joy of being in love and the pain of being out of love are both very real and intense.
the former places you on cloud nine, on a pedestal, is so saccharinely sweet that it gives you a little ache in your heart when you miss that special someone.
the latter is excruciatingly painful, debilitating, is so devastating that it feels like a spear is plunged into your heart each time you think of that someone who was once yours but no longer is.
the biggest risk we can take in our lifetime is with our hearts.
we know that we may get our hearts broken and that we may never recover-
but we still choose to take that gamble.
the stakes are high, but even so, we seal that gamble when we place our hearts into someone else's hands,
and say "please be careful with it."