I took this photo in one of those coffee shops where they have journals laying around and people write or draw in them. Actually I took a few pictures. Here is just one that I found poignant. I mean, haven’t we all been there? I have! I think most women and men feel afraid, at times, of relationships, falling in love, getting hurt, getting in too deep, their own sexuality, their own potential for loving or lusting after someone. (Sigh). And yet in order to really gain something big you usually have to risk big, too.

It reminds me of a quote that I have long liked: "A ship is safe in harbor, but that’s not what ships are for" (William Shedd)

Go out there - fall in love, get hurt, cry and moan and then get up and fall in love again. I think the pain and lessons are worth it most of the time. What do you think?

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