Don’t protect your “love” by not looking at them with your eyes open. You might be in love with the real thing and not even know it, you moron.

When you go through a few of these moments, you know you’ve pinned your hope on someone special, and it all turns out to be a big fantasy; you may feel fear about committing to anyone – the better it looks, the scarier it can get.

The thing I want you to start doing, with everything and everyone always, is to start seeing things and people for what they are instead of how you wish they were. Practice it so that you know you are not pulling the wool over your own eyes, lying to yourself, and setting yourself up for disappointment. Be wise about your risks. KNOW when you are fooling yourself and know when someone else’s good reputation depends on you closing your eyes from their flaws.

Stop blaming yourself for what is someone else’s fault.

Read that again.

Stop blaming yourself for what is someone else’s fault.

Sure, cruising with your eyes closed feels a bit more exciting.

Sure, allowing yourself to fall in love with closed eyes fully, madly, and deeply at the very image of love gives you happy moments here and there. You’ll be able to fool yourself that everything is perfect, you’re on top of the world, and you couldn’t possibly be happier than this, but it’s a long way to fall from that. I won’t do that and I’m being told I’m boring and always displeased and too cautious. Whatnot? But tell me what… Ain’t nobody sneaking up behind me.

Granted, I’ve had my blind spots, and I’m ashamed of them. Very ashamed. But those blind spots have been taken care of, and I, personally, have a 360-degree vision as far as I can tell. There are people who I’m just not interested in that have managed to sneak behind my back. I urge you to start paying attention to the plain and insignificant in that way, too, because sometimes the ones who don’t even register because they’re so boring and mundane are the ones doing the sabotage in your life… Not even deliberately, always.

Pay attention to your own emotional state. Are you desperately trying to fall in love? Are you forcing yourself to trust someone? Why is it that hard? LOOK at the things and people you can’t love, trust, or respect. Why? WHY. YOUR REAL reason, not those cop-out reasons: “Well, I’m a bad guy…” The fuck you are. You’re no worse than the next one, I’m sure, so what is it? Why do you trust another person or love someone else when you can’t love or trust those closest to you? Is it you, or is it them?

What if you’re truly in love but you’re too much of a coward to see it?

You may be closing your eyes, hoping not seeing it will make you braver, but you know your eyes are closed. Why on earth would you go into a scary/dangerous situation with your eyes closed? You’ll feel a lot better turning the lights on and seeing what’s out there. Sure, it won’t be as exciting, but if that’s the way you want to live your life, don’t come complaining to me when you get hurt and mangled up. It’s a choice you’ll make… Do you want true love or a draw of the fucking luck?

The way you go, you might be married to your true love and not even know of it, with your eyes closed and all. Imagine you’d be so afraid of being fooled, that you’d miss out on the very true love that is right there? How much would THAT suck, in comparison to realizing that no, this, too, is just me fooling myself, me being desperate, rather than true love.

To find true love is to look for every flaw in everyone you know and every new person you meet.

And if you’re afraid that love will get boring with daylight… Well. The rubbish kind certainly does.

Find the good stuff and look at it with wide open eyes.

Falling in love with your eyes closed is easy and everybody can do it with anybody. Fall in love with your eyes open, look everything they are and see them for their real self… If you’re still in love with that person… THAT is true love.

The cure? LOOK. Don’t hide the truth from yourself just so you can stay in love with that person. If you want true love, TRY to find a reason to dislike people, rather than try finding reasons TO love them. When it’s the right person, you can’t find a flaw that you wouldn’t find delicious and god damned sexy. THAT is interesting, when you look as carefully as you can, and can’t see a flaw, can’t see a thing you don’t like, love, or trust.

THAT is what feels fucking great. And yes. It’s possible, even in multiple instances in one lifetime.

Doesn’t mean they’ll look at you with open eyes, tho… You might decide you don’t like that about them. If they’re truly in love with you, that might just open their eyes to you.

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