Can you really love someone, if that person doesn't have the ability to hurt you?

I think when you really love someone, you open yourself up and make yourself vulnerable to that person.

You put your heart in their hands, and trust that they won't hurt you.

But you never really know.

And that's the point.

It's a leap of faith.

But if you hold back on a part of it, and you've already decided that person can never hurt you. Have you really loved then?

Have you really given your heart away?

Or will you always be holding a part of yourself back.

And when you hold that part of yourself back, you've limited how much love you're willing to give out.

And when you've limited how much love you're willing to give out, it's because you want to remain in control.

And then maybe in turn, because you're in control and are not in a position of vulnerability, you're never really afraid of losing the other person.

And so, you do things that you want to do.

That might hurt the other person, but it doesn't bother you because you believe you're in control.

And because you never really made yourself vulnerable, or gave your heart away, you don't fear getting hurt.

It's a long and roundabout way of getting to the point.

But that's my theory.

And I don't think it's so far from the truth.