Do not hesitate to love and to love deeply. You might be afraid of the pain that deep love can cause. When those you love deeply reject you, leave you, or die, your heart will be broken. But that should not hold you back from loving deeply.
The pain that comes from deep love
makes your love ever more fruitful. It is like a plow that breaks the ground to
allow the seed to take root and grow into a strong plant. Every time you
experience the pain of rejection, absence, or death, you are faced with a
choice. You can become bitter and decide not to love again, or you can stand
straight in your pain and let the soil on which you stand become richer and
more able to give life to new seeds. 
The more you have loved and have allowed
yourself to suffer because of your love, the more you will be able to let your
heart grow wider and deeper. ... The pain of rejection, absence, and death can
become fruitful. Yes, as you love deeply the ground of your heart will be
broken more and more, but you will rejoice in the abundance of the fruit it
will bear. - The Inner Voice of Love, Henri Nouwen
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