How difficult it is to love, how difficult it is to become vulnerable. How it harms one’s pride, confidence, and instinct of self-protection. How difficult it is to trust in love; it gives no guarantees. Love entails running risks and looking foolish. Love demands bravery against humiliation and some relinquishment of power. Daring to love can imply giving up one’s very balance. No one guarantees that he or she will not abuse your disposition; no one assures you requited love. For some, perhaps it is easier to traverse the world than to open their hearts, for opening one’s heart allows two diametrically opposed and equally probable things to happen: a…