#14 of "30 Things to Stop Doing to Yourself"

Love begins with a smile, grows with a kiss, and ends with a teardrop.

 #14 - Stop rejecting new relationships just because old ones didn’t work. – In life you’ll realize that there is a purpose for everyone you meet.  Some will test you, some will use you and some will teach you.  But most importantly, some will bring out the best in you.

Is it really rejecting a new relationship because old ones didn't work!? Or is it you have learned from past lessons and know it is more important to look at the BIG picture because you just don't want to go through the pain again?

Like I said in #13 “Everything happens for a reason.... Always remember that whats meant to be will always find a way to come about.” Maybe looking at reality and the big picture is a good thing. You aren't necessarily rejecting relationships, you just know what may be fun for now is not going to end up being your happily ever after. The real lesson here is... How do you have fun and keep the emotions out of it!??? This has been the hardest lesson for me to learn. And to be quite honest I haven't mastered this one at all!!! I wonder did Alfred Lord Tennyson ever get his heart broken when he said, "Tis better to have loved and lost than never to have loved at all." Me thinks not! One step forward... Two steps back! Taking that plunge again always opens up the flood gates to potential heart ache. But in the long run it just makes you a better, stronger, and more loving person than you were in the past. So maybe it's not a broken heart... It's just growing pains!  Enuff said!!!