Real love is not about being safe and only showing someone your best sides.
Real love is not about accepting only someone's best sides.
Real lovei s about voluntarily taking your heart out of your chest, placing it on the table in front of someone, and giving them every opportunity to pass up the chance to break your heart--and instead watching them pick it up, hold it close to them, and tell you that they love you as you are, faults and imperfections included.
Real love is about being the person sitting at the table, and taking the opportunity to appreciate the trust someone extends you when they place their heart on the table in front of you.
Real love is not about being grudgingly comfortable being vulnerable, but about caring so deeply that you want to be vulnerable, and give them the chance to love you completely, on the deepest levels possible.
Real love means giving the gift of being willingly vulnerable, even in the face of fear.
