The cost of protecting yourself from sadness

“You cannot protect yourself from sadness without protecting yourself from happiness.” ~Jonathan Safran Foer

It’s so hard to let down the walls around my heart that I erect in attempts to protect myself from any sadness or hurt, but the truth is they don’t really work anyway and they keep out as much (or more) happiness than anything else.

 

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