Growing up as the first daughter, I’m used to having things go my way most times🌚. As weird and toxic😅 as that may sound, I know it’s true for a lot of people.

I always got to have my way especially with my younger siblings; I tell them what to do and not do, and they just have to comply🙄😁. This “philosophy” worked quite well for me until I had the opportunity to interact with a larger crowd.

I still didn’t realise it was so much of an issue until it started affecting my relationship with people sadly🥲. A lot of unmet expectations made me unable to see beyond my eyelids, the beautiful things my loved ones were doing for me😔.

Truly, too many demands and expectations won’t let them love you as much as they’d like and shockingly, as much as you’d like also. Love thrives in an atmosphere that’s condusive; where it can be accepted just the way it is🥰.

Unfortunately (or may be not), we are not in control of how people act, neither are we in control of how people decide to treat us🤷‍♀️. Letting love in means letting lose🤗, being vulnerable🙂, taking the risk of pulling out your happy🥳 or not so happy🤕 heart from the shields of your ribcage and putting it in the hands of another who claims to love you😬, without knowing for sure what he or she would do to or with it- yeah I know, terrifying right😶😖? You really don’t know if your heart would remain in it’s former state(likely not😶), or if it would fare better😊 or worse😑.

You know, before you invest in a business, you make calculations, and ensure that the chances of you making it big outweighs that of you incurring a huge loss, and even at that, you likely wouldn’t put in all your resources right?🤷‍♂️ It’s quite similar with love except that in this case, you’ll be putting in all of your heart, not some of it🙃.

Loving and being loved indeed is a risk😬 we take because really, we can’t exactly control how it’d go since it’s not a sole proprietorship but a partnership, and it goes 50-50😁. It’s not just our input alone that matters but another’s as well.

Loving a person and being loved by them takes way more than a decision😌, a confession🙈, or a nice gesture😻. It takes faith🤍; a courageous leap of faith. Cause whether we like it or not, there’s no other thing to hold on to except having a positive mindset, doing your best and believing that it wouldn’t end in tears😂.

Thank you for reading. Please remember to share your views with me in the comment section below.❤️