“Don’t give up the search for happiness because you’re afraid of getting hurt.” – Martha Raye

Day #5. We’re all afraid of getting hurt. So we step lightly around love & into life, holding back our hearts. Yet, the more we hold back the less happy we are. In protecting ourselves from hurt we hurt ourselves in the process. A few years ago I learned the best way not to get hurt is to reach out to everyone & for everything. Sometimes the highlight of your day can be with a total stranger. Sometimes a life opportunity comes along in an utterly unexpected way. If you have many eggs in many baskets, when you’re faced with the occasional rejection, you hardly notice it at all.