Sensitive, I confess.
Susceptible, I am.
I get offended very easily! And for years I have tried to understand why do people behave a certain way? Why do they say certain things? Why do they change? Why don't they care?
I was just complaining to two of my closest friends for not really showing enough interest in something that I am doing. After telling them how disappointed I was, how much I was expecting from them and all the tralala, I kept quiet and heard the voice of wisdom whispering to me "they don't HAVE to!"
You see, so many times we get offended because we expect people to act the way we do, to behave, to think, to show love the way we do.
Thus we get hurt when they do not do or say things we were expecting from them.
Come on! Let's face it! We also aren't perfect!
I am sure I've hurt other people too by not doing what they were expecting me to do!
Too much expectation from others can be deceiving...so let's live more and expect less!
Life has thought me something: people come and go, people change, people love others don't.
People don't HAVE to...and if they do, it means they were meant to...
They don't have to be your friends.
If they do they were meant to...
They don't have to care
And If they do, well they were meant to...
They don't have to phone you
If they do they were meant to...
They don't have to be there
If they do they were meant to...
They don't have to understand you
If they do they were sure meant to...
They don't have to love you
If they do, trust me they were meant to...
So let's make ourselves a favour!
Let us live freely without expecting...
I am sure it will lessen the hurting!
Give without expecting to receive!
Listen without expecting to be listened to
Love without expecting to be loved
Give a phone call, SMS without expecting to get one back
Encourage without expecting to be encouraged
Keep that in mind and remember that People don't HAVE to!
PS: At the end of the day it is not about us but about Him who sees our good deeds and reward us according to them!
Go and FLOURISH!
Alvezido :-)
i like this one too! giving without expecting anything in return... but at times that can be quite hard especially if u hav been hurt before by ppl whom u gave much to!
ReplyDeleteA tough one indeed! This post is one of my favorite and even tho i wrote it, i tend to forget these things! I guess as human being we constantly need to be reminded of such things to give us courage to move on, and keep going! Pheeewwwww who ever said life was gonna be easy again???? lol
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