When people say “love don’t cost a thing,” they usually mean real love isn’t supposed to require you to lose yourself, your dignity, or your well-being. It shouldn’t demand you pay for it with your peace, your health, or your identity. But I'm talking about something deeper and very real. Love does cost something. It costs:
vulnerability (letting someone see your heart) time and emotional energy forgiveness when it’s hard staying when it would be easier to walk away sometimes grieving when it doesn’t work out
And yes… sometimes it costs a lot when it’s given to the wrong person or in the wrong season. The difference is this:
Healthy love costs effort, patience, and growth Unhealthy love costs you yourself It costs some their health
@DeWayfarer Are you sure? Love is our true essence. I think the thing that keeps it from being automatic, is the resistance to it we've taken on to protect ourselves against painful consequences when we get hurt by it.
So yes, don't expect to receive love automatically. There are so many hurt people.
