I’ve been hurt. Not hurt in ways that crippled me. But in ways that made me question my judgement. And the thing is, it’s not so much the process of hurt that I beat myself up over, it’s what I did after the pain. I blamed myself. If only I hadn’t been so naive. If only this. If only that. And as much as I told myself that I was over it, I’m clearly not. I constantly watch how I act around certain people. I choose my words carefully. I hide the person I am in order to avoid getting hurt again. They had so much power and they don’t even know. What was nothing to them was everything to me. But. You live and you learn. And by learn I don’t mean close yourself off. By learn I mean be careful of who you’re open to.This chick gets so deep!
[via Based on a True Story]
