I agree with all you said.

Its taken me a lot of time to learn about being careful. Not to disagree, but for lack of a better visual, my switch is usually "on", (meaning Im open to the possibility) and it has caused me to feel some heartache and get into some situations that later I thought I should have been wiser, more careful, but when you are missing someone special, sometimes you take chances and risks and feel pain. Isnt learning to love a little like learning to fish? You go out hoping theyre biting, you choose a place where you think you'll have the most catch, you throw out your line and hope for a nibble. Sometimes you pull up moss or dead grass, sometimes you get snagged in a tree. With fishing, its simple casting your line out there again. With love, you think twice the next time. The worst thing we could do to ourselves tho, imo, is stop fishing altogether. Then we have no fish and we have no love. Im all for being cautious, but not so cautious that we dont take the chance. I think our instincts guide us to a certain extent, and it takes time and experience to grow those instincts, but even then, we cant know everything we need to know about someone, and I dont think we know what kind of love it may turn out to be, until we've spent time with them and invested ourselves some.