Writing Prompt: Loved and lost, or never loved at all? Which might you prefer?
To know nothing about love is to know nothing about losing that love. And while I might save myself the pain of loss by not loving at all, I would never know the joy of loving. To know neither joy nor pain is as good as living the life of a corpse or a robot. There will be no meaning to my existence. I will not know why I do certain things, or why I will do anything not to do them.
Therefore, I would rather have loved once, just for a day and then lose that, than stay neutral all my life. Humans are creatures of emotion. We need love.