Love Isn't Easy?

I had a hard time deciding whether or not this would be a statement or a question. I think a lot of the time love is pretty much 50/50. Its a crap shoot to be honest with you. But its not just with your boyfriend or girlfriend.Sometimes we get terrified to fall for someone because the higher up we go, the harder the landing will be if and when we fall. And I think a lot of the time, we just try not to think of the if or the when, and this is reason that we allow ourselves to climb so high in the first place.
A lot of relationships tend to be that way...just the doing and not the thinking. But when does the thinking have to replace some of the doing? Even in our everyday relationships we have with our friends and family. We inevitably are going to get our hearts broken or break someone else's heart. So why do we do it? Why do we even bother with the pain? And here is what I came up with:
We bother because it makes us human to feel. When I hold my nephews or hug my niece, I bother because of the way they let me hold them, the way my niece will send me a text that says "I love you Aunt Randi" I love my dad because he doesnt point out my biblical failures, he just gently nudges me along, and Ive had my dad break my heart. I love my sisters because at a moments notice, they would do anything in the world for me. I love my friends because they put up with me and support me 110% of the time. They let me go away and come back, no questions asked. I think we go out on dates, fall in love and learn to trust people because we all search for that great forever. And sometimes, just sometimes, we find that.