Whether it’s he who left or me who initiated it, I’ve had my fair share of heartbreak. Feelings were hurt; expectations unmet. Disappointment ensues. Sometimes it seems like no matter how much I lick my wounds, my heart never fully heals.

The end of a relationship makes it hard to start another. But I move forward, enter the dating scene again to find love. 

And in that new relationship, there are times I can’t shake off the past, the mistakes I made with exes, the trust that was broken. My fears and insecurities of repeating history catch up to me and I worry,

“Will he leave me? Or should I just end it before he does?”

Even the most secure relationships are uncertain. How did I stop expecting the worst?