“Don’t let the fear of striking out hold you back.”
— Babe Ruth

And you thought I’m going bonkers, eh? LOL.

If there’s one popular quote from a tremendously popular sports personality, this has got to be it. When it came into mind, I immediately related it to dating, courtship, and the whole love-relationship thing.

Oftentimes, we do want to throw in the towel, huh? Esp when we’ve experienced a lot of rejections and traumatic heartbreaks. No matter how many times you tell yourself that it comes with the territory, you just can’t shake off the feeling that it’s draining. You can’t help but ask yourself this question, “is it all worth it?”

But if you truly believe that you’re meant to find a person you want to spend the rest of your life with, you’ve got to keep at it. Stay in the game. You won’t get anywhere if you keep to yourself, sulking in your room, cursing life for dealing you a bad hand. Or several perhaps. That’s just it, though.

Babe really hit the nail hard on its head on this one. Fear will only paralyze you. It won’t give you your heart’s desire. Just look forward to those priceless moments you would never have experienced had you not dipped your hand in the game.

Dating can be hell. But it can be magical, too.

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