The Confusion Of Relationships

The only keeping us from what we want, from what we need is our own fears, fear of hurting but does it really matter when you're already hurting, I doubt I can hurt any more. Fear of failure but failure brings lessons and if you never try how will you know if you would've failed or not. Sometimes chances have to be taken because you never know when something will be right. You can't tell the future and you can't know without trying.
I don't quite understand why we always do this. We fall for the wrong person. Whether its the one who is bad for you because they treat you wrong. Or the one who's nice, great but doesn't really see you. And you wonder if you like each other enough that you can spend time together without getting bored, talk without running out of subjects, and are even slightly attracted to each other. What is missing that they can only see you as a friend?
No one is perfect, no one will ever be perfect. Who wants to be perfect? What comes after perfect? Nothing you're done. There's nothing more to go for and nothing left to achieve. All we can do is be a good person, try to be there for friends, and use our brains. We all have issues but who doesn't, it's a fact of life.
Sometimes it seems life is easier when you're closed off to emotions. Knowing you could never fall and your heart wouldn't hurt. But sometimes there's really nothing you can do but accept that nothing more but friendship will come from the relationship. And even if it hurts and breaks your heart to never know what could have come from it, if you care enough about the person you'll take the bit you can get and wish them happiness, hope they find someone that makes them feel like they make you feel and always be there for them. And though at times the tears may come, don't let them see, just hold them back, put on a smile. You don't even have to fake a smile because its enough knowing they're happy even if its not with you.
Life is ironic, you hold yourself back for years to end up falling for that which you can't have. The irony of life makes me smile. Its beautifully bittersweet. You find someone who makes you smile without having to fake it while you're crying inside. And the funny thing is they'll never know and if they did it wouldn't change anything so it's better they don't.
There are those times you want to pour your heart out and ask for them to take a chance on you. But knowing it's better that you don't, you never will and you'll forever wonder what could have been.