Some campaigns are not worth waging if you can't win; others have to be fought on grounds of principle regardless of the chances for success.
One must learn to love, and go through a good deal of suffering to get to it... and the journey is always towards the other soul.
A bell's not a bell 'til you ring it, A song's not a song 'til you sing it, Love in your heart wasn't put there to stay, Love isn't love 'til you give it away!