Love Is a Risk. Do It Once.

Love is one of the greatest risks you’ll ever take. It’s giving someone the power to hurt you deeply and trusting them not to. That trust is the foundation on which love stands—and the reason it feels so profound and vulnerable.

Love is a story two people write together. Each chapter requires collaboration, effort, and a willingness to adapt and persevere. But when that collaboration ends—when one or both stop contributing—the story inevitably forks into separate paths. This doesn’t mean the love wasn’t real; it simply means its time has passed.

The hardest lesson in love is this: you cannot own or control another person. True love gives your partner the dignity of being themselves, even when their choices or happiness don’t center on you. If you try to mold someone into your ideal, your interest is not in them but in yourself. Similarly, if you can’t find joy in their happiness—especially when it doesn’t include you—your love is conditional, tied to your own needs rather than theirs.

Love doesn’t have to last forever to be meaningful. Its value lies in its truth, not its duration. To love deeply is to embrace both its beauty and its risk.

Take the risk. Love once, love fully, and make it count.