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When you finally let down every barrier you have ever had and show your authentic self, you will be hurt.

This is inevitable. 

Once you have opened up 100% of yourself to another, you leave yourself open for a deeper wound. Even a small betrayal will seem larger than if you had kept some part of your soul to yourself, because you are exposed, naked with nothing at the ready to protect yourself.

To maintain a shield of protection, one would need to maintain constraint within a relationship. 

However; this shield can also lead to never fully developing a deeper level of love in a relationship as well.

Once devastatingly hurt by the words and actions of another, it is up to you how you process the pain. 

Each of us has our own process, our own level of tolerance. 

Sometimes time is the healer, sometimes time puts into perspective that you can forgive but not move forward. Sometimes time brings you closer....

Hurt is physically painful, emotionally draining, but always enlightening.

In the end, did the hurt take something from you that you are not willing to sacrifice? If not, work through it, if so; work through it. 

Either outcome depends solely on you.