What It Takes.

Sometimes, it takes a drastic, dramatic event to make you accept and embrace a change in perception.

Sometimes, it takes only 1 word. 

Sometimes, it takes him telling you 1,000 times that you are beautiful before you believe he means his words. 

Sometimes, it takes only a kiss for you to believe it. 

Sometimes, it takes walking away from the one thing you know to learn how to fly. 

Sometimes, it takes only the help of your friends. 

Sometimes, it takes masks and faux grins to survive the gauntlet. 

Sometimes, it takes only a genuine smile and an open heart.  

Sometimes, it takes hearing a song more than once before you cherish it. 

Sometimes, it takes only one spin before your heart explodes in its presence. 

Sometimes, it takes a near death experience to take each hour seriously.

Sometimes, it takes only known pending death. 

Sometimes, it takes thinking to make the best decision. 

Sometimes, it takes only instinct.  

And sometimes, it takes love to break the walls down you've built up. 

Scratch that: it always requires love. 

Always.