It wasn't until I recently read the article on thoughtcatalog.com that I figured out one of the answers to this question.

Why are we so afraid to love now a days? Is it because it's the cool thing to not care, to not be empathetic, to not fall head first, to be "whipped?" Is it because everyone around us has had bad experiences and we are scared?

My soul is so exhausted and tired of trying so hard with people and letting them in only to have them say they can't in the end. The excuse of "I'm busy" or "I just can't right now" has become an automatic response for lots.

I was, and never am, that girl that needs someone. But isn’t it nice to have someone? A someone that sees things in you that no one has ever seen before. A someone who loves the scars on your body because they make you, you. Someone who says, “You aren’t just beautiful on the inside (insert name here), you are beautiful in every single aspect.”

God forbid we actually feel good about ourselves and admit it when someone tells us how amazing we are.

Why is it so hard to let ourselves feel for once? Why is it so difficult to tell other people we want them to be in our lives, or that we like them, or that we want to pursue a relationship?

The article on thought catalog says, "You know why we're all so afraid of committing? It's because you're afraid the other person is afraid of committing, and you don't want to be the only one begging." Begging would be weak, right? It would mean we want to rely on someone but ourselves. Is that why we are afraid of committing?

But why can't everyone understand that you might be missing out on the best adventure and moment of your life, if you don't try!?

Stop saying, "you're busy" or "you can't right now." You make time for every other thing and every other person in your life, then you can make time for this person too. You don't answer texts? You obviously saw it, be a human and respond for once! Responding to a text doesn't mean you are marrying someone. We all know how it feels to be on the other end, so please just reply.

You can make time for love, the one thing that actually makes us humans feel 100 percent alive. We aren't afraid of love. We as a society have just made commitment to be something to look down upon. But let me tell you this: commitment is caring and caring is so important right now.

I get it, I do. We absolutely dread being rejected but life is so dang short. We don't know what will happen tomorrow, or the next day. I don't know about you, but when I leave this earth, I want to know I loved as much as I could and as hard as I could.