If you are looking for love under rocks or bringing home water moccasins, you might be confusing love and pain.

David W. Earle
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Just like a snake that hides in the grass and waits to strike, people who waste their time looking for love under rocks or bringing home water moccasins will find pain instead. Love does not come without pain. It is only when you love someone and they love you back that you can say you know what it's like to be loved. You can never truly know what your life will look like if you don't take a chance and let someone into your life, even if they're a little odd, a little crazy or just a little bit scary.

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