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Love is a bitch.

I've seen this far too many times: two people have great friendships, have fun together on weekends, hang out a lot when the other one's bored, talk to each other about stuff.

And then one starts liking the other. Following the ladder theory, since they are already friends, they can never have a successful relationship. And so one gets mad at the other, or desperate, and the other gets mad at the first, for being so annoying and attached, and then they get mad at each other, and themselves, and never talk to each other again, and die a little inside. For no good reason.

I've seen it far too many times; friendships being destroyed. And good friendships are hard to come by, especially for some people (like myself) who don't easily make friends with any and everyone. It's a shame to see love happen, and fail. I've seen it happen to others, and I've seen it happen to me, and it sucks.

When love works out, it's a beautiful thing. In eigth grade, when I was at the peak of depression, people said that the only time they saw me smile was when I was with my girlfriend. She made my life worth living. Love is great when it works.

Adults constantly beat into your head the cliche "if you don't try, you will never succeed." Unfortunately, this goes for love too. If you don't try, you'll never be hurt. The higher the climb, the higher the fall. But if you don't try, you'll never feel the joy of being on the top. So the question, really, is "is the climb worth it?" The answer is yes; yes it is. But when you fall, and break your leg, you have to get up and shake it off. And broken legs can take weeks, even months to heal. But eventually, if you keep trying again, you'll make it to the top, and the victory will be that much sweeter because you had to work that much harder.

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