Falling in love is terrifying and maddening, and it’s easy to just say “nope” and hide under your bed, especially if you’ve been hurt before. It’s OK to be afraid, and it’s OK to take ...

Courage is often defined not as the absence of fear — but the ability to confront fear head-on. It’s about facing uncertainty, danger, or adversity with strength and resolve, whether it’s in ...

Once you free yourself from fear, you attract lasting love. We both struggled with fears of abandonment and being smothered before we met each other (over 30 years ago), and these fears still ...

Modern Love in miniature, featuring reader-submitted stories of no more than 100 words. Skip to content Skip to site index. ... Once she confided that she was scared he would forget her.