Liu1

I believe that the most important 'key' to a successful relationship would be 'trust'. I believe that with trust comes every other thing. In many occasions people will say they don't trust due to past experiences. What they don't realize is that they have built up those walls to protect them from the very thing they are searching for... yes, there is a risk in trusting someone, but when you finally find that 'right' person, it makes all the past experiences and lessons learned very much worth the risk.

All of life's little lessons does not have to be painful... even when they seem so at the time. You just have to chalk it up to experience and move on. Nothing is worth closing your heart. Nothing is worth living in a world with fear. Without trust, you close your heart to the happiness and joy that true love brings. It's only my experience... and it's what I believe has given me the wonderful gift of 'true' love. It's a hard thing to do, a scary thing, but very much worth it.

Why allow past betrayals to prolong the pain by building a fortress around your heart that not only protects you from pain but also denies you the ability to experience happiness and joy? Most have been hurt enough by one person, why allow them and their actions to stop us from finding what we search for? I say open your hearts to trust and bask in the beauty, happiness, and joy, of the true love that will follow. For everyone there is someone, you just can't find them if you hide your true self.