Hey. Don’t give up.
I know how much it hurts when things don’t work out. You fight so hard to move forward, and then you find yourself standing at the beginning again, like you took two steps ahead only to be dragged ten back. I know how impossible it can feel to open your heart after it’s been hurt over and over. Eventually, love stops feeling like something exciting and beautiful, and starts feeling like something you have to survive.
But if you never let anyone in again, you may never find the one who stays. The one who doesn’t keep hurting you. The one who teaches your heart that it doesn’t have to flinch every time love reaches for it.
I know it’s terrifying, and if you’re not ready, listen to that. Give yourself time. But someday, probably when you least expect it, try opening the door again. Accept that it might hurt like hell. Accept that there are no guarantees.
Just don’t let everyone who hurt you take away your chance of being loved by someone who won’t.
Don’t give up.
Not forever.