with other peoples’ hearts and don’t put up with people that are reckless with yours.
this one’s big, people. h-u-g-e!! so this is one of those moments when i’ll walk close to the edge of saying something personal. now, fortunately for the rest of the world, i can’t say as i’ve ever been accused of being reckless with someone else’s heart. well, maybe once… but i’ll come back to that. suffice to say it was justified.
i have, however, on many occasions, put up with people that were reckless with mine. note the use of the plural. because you’d think after the first time, i’d've learned my lesson. but i didn’t. i let it happen, again. and what adds insult to injury is, the second time around, it was even worse than the first. and it took me for-ev-er to figure out that i didn’t have to put up with it. or maybe not so much that i didn’t have to put up with it. i mean, i knew that. but how to get out of the situation that was causing the pain.
hence the reason i could have possibly been accused of being reckless with their heart. because i finally – finally got my $#&% together and got the hell outta dodge. and, somehow, they didn’t see it coming. though they should have. i’m just sayin’.
so look, i know it’s hard to make heads or tails outta this without the details, and for that, i’m sorry. but what matters is this: you only have one heart – be true to it. it’s not trite. it’s true. you have to let yourself love yourself. it’s the only way you’ll ever survive in this crazy, messed up world.
oh, and…
Floss.
i’ve heard them (whoever they are) say that if you don’t, bad things can happen. fatal things. so, just do it.
don’t be reckless
True words. I spent a long time involved with someone that didn’t love me, it was the only thing we had in common. When that ended, I had to wrestle with finding out who I am, but once I realized I was someone worth loving, finding someone to love me back happened almost immediately.