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Just Why...?

Why is it that we care too much?
Why is it that we love so deeply?
Why is it that we chose to be with the ones that bring us the most amount of pain?
Why risk wearing your heart on your sleeve?

They say that if we care too little then we lose what we love, and if we care too much then we get hurt by what we love.
Unfortunately there is no inbetween and no choice, we either care or we don't, and we all get hurt either way.
But why care for someone when they don't care for themselves?
Why try help someone who doesn't help themselves?
Why encourage someone to take a stand when they chose to hide behind the person they meant to stand up to?
Why be old enough to take control of your life when you chose to be sheltered like a 5 year old?
Why want responsibility when you run away from it?

At the end of the day we all hurt, either from caring too much or regretting that we didn't care enough. Sometimes its easier to just complain and not care about what happens in our own lives and hope it will sort itself out, but how is this fair on those people who care about us and want to help us help ourselves? Sometimes we need to start caring and do something for ourselves, sometimes we need to give those people who care and fight with us a reason to keep on caring, sometimes we need to stop 'trying' and start doing, sometimes we need to fight along side people instead of against them. We all need someone to care about us, and if we stop caring for ourselves, one day there will be no one around who will be willing to care about us.

Why do we care too much?
Why do we not care enough?
Why do we not stand up for ourselves?
Why do we not take control?
Why do we live in fear?
Why do we risk losing the ones who care for us the most?
Why can't we start actively doing?
Just why......???

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