You get what you give. For the most part. But not always. And when you don’t, don’t let this world turn you cold. Look, I know what passion can do. I know where loving people till the core of your core could take you and I know what its like time and time again to feel yourself stripped to your very bones because you’ve given it all away. I know what it’s like to feel tired and feel mad when you’ve given too much and what it’s like to scratch at your soul to see if there’s more because you feel it’s not enough. Because you feel the world deserves more. And some days your love will be your strength and some days your love will drive you to your knees but whatever the case may be, do not, by any means, grow cold. Fight tooth and nail if you have to, to keep your innocence burning in your soul like a lighthouse guiding ships to harbor. Hold it like a banner over your head. Read your books and listen to your songs and take pictures of the colors of the sky at sunset if you have to but don’t lose your love. Keep your memories and your regrets, and learn your lessons but don’t lose your love. Heal your scars and patch your wounds but don’t lose your love. They’ll tell you time and time again to play the part and hold your guard. They’ll tell you selflessness is a weakness but its not true. I don’t believe it. Grow your skin but not too thick, because the peril of being tough is that nothing can get in.