{ fragile as we are }

the problem is that most people are all so caught up in their heartaches, they forget that they are not alone in being hurt, and they start to believe that everyone else is going to hurt them too 

and so they push everyone else that comes into their lives after that, ruining their own chances at happiness without even realizing it and unconsciously hurting other people - creating a vicious cycle of hurt people

the problem is that they believe that once hurt, they can hurt other people too. they are always pointing at some big disappointment in their lives and saying, “this is why i’m mean. this is why i refuse to let anyone into my heart anymore. this is why i’ll never be nice anymore.” but that’s not okay 

that’s never okay, and i am not okay with being hurt just because someone else has hurt you, and nobody should be okay with it

i’m sorry you were hurt and i’m sure you didn’t deserve to be hurt, but that doesn’t mean that i - or anyone else - have to pay for the people who had hurt you in the past