A friend of long ago once wrote to me that I felt too deeply about people,relationships and would go through life getting hurt, often !

Is that me still around or has moi hardened beyond redemption or do I pretend not to hurt under the guise of purported equanimity or have I figured that it is a squandering of emotional energy or I am in cognizant of the reality that there is a more often than not a mismatch between what each expects,so why bother or my brain has addled.....

Whatever it is...my alter ego has decreed that most are not worthy to bare my soul to. I intend to obey!