"We put walls up in the present to……" — Eugene Nathaniel Butler
"We put walls up in the present to keep from being hurt again like we were by those in our past, but ironically we are not the same as we were in our past and those who hurt us no longer take up space in our lives in the present. So, the question you might have to ask, are your walls up to keep from being hurt or fear of moving on?"
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