There's this truly challenging art in walking away from those who don't treat you well, respect you enough to respond to you, or simply don't act like you mean much to them. On one hand you need to be close with as many people as you can and you reach out attempting to make new friends. On the other hand you've got this respect for yourself and pride in how you act. The middle ground is tough to find on occasion. It is something that I fight with over and over again. Really, at what point do you hold your head up high and walk away from the relationship?
I hold myself to a high standard. A lot of the time I find myself not wanting to do something but doing it anyway because I know the other person deserves that. I know that is what I'd appreciate if the situation was switched around. But I feel that most of the time these people I'm close with don't really do that for me. I'm not sure if this is just my generation, but it is increasingly popular for people to just not respond to you, not take seconds out of their day to recognize effort, and just hide. I don't know what it is. I don't really understand what makes people do this. Is it a dearth of respect? Do you just not like me? Do you just not care?
As I go through life, things really have become more intensified. I give my heart out to people in a fashion that I have never been capable of before - and I love that I have started to develop that. But simultaneously I have experienced more and more perspectives that are just the grandest turnoffs in general. I try to find that balance between giving people pieces of me, and deciding to walk away. It's hard to let people in your life go ...especially when there is no big blowup of any sort.
It is hard to switch off attempting to bring people joy. Because that's what it actually boils down to for me. I attempt to bring others as much joy as I am capable of during the day. I attempt to make people smile. I try to give them a little leg up, some confidence, some spark to their day that might make it all that much better. I do not really expect them to do exactly same for me...but I do look for respect, and if if it's really not there, I don't attempt to convince them...I just move on and end up leaving.
Finding the balance has been stupendously hard on my heart these days. But in all honesty, I know what I must do. I should walk away. I must respect myself enough, the sort of person I am , and not accept something less than I know what I truly deserve. You must know what you are worth. If you do not think you are worth it, you'll never settle for just anything. Remember, people only treat you certain ways by what you accept from them.
I hold myself to a high standard. A lot of the time I find myself not wanting to do something but doing it anyway because I know the other person deserves that. I know that is what I'd appreciate if the situation was switched around. But I feel that most of the time these people I'm close with don't really do that for me. I'm not sure if this is just my generation, but it is increasingly popular for people to just not respond to you, not take seconds out of their day to recognize effort, and just hide. I don't know what it is. I don't really understand what makes people do this. Is it a dearth of respect? Do you just not like me? Do you just not care?
As I go through life, things really have become more intensified. I give my heart out to people in a fashion that I have never been capable of before - and I love that I have started to develop that. But simultaneously I have experienced more and more perspectives that are just the grandest turnoffs in general. I try to find that balance between giving people pieces of me, and deciding to walk away. It's hard to let people in your life go ...especially when there is no big blowup of any sort.
It is hard to switch off attempting to bring people joy. Because that's what it actually boils down to for me. I attempt to bring others as much joy as I am capable of during the day. I attempt to make people smile. I try to give them a little leg up, some confidence, some spark to their day that might make it all that much better. I do not really expect them to do exactly same for me...but I do look for respect, and if if it's really not there, I don't attempt to convince them...I just move on and end up leaving.
Finding the balance has been stupendously hard on my heart these days. But in all honesty, I know what I must do. I should walk away. I must respect myself enough, the sort of person I am , and not accept something less than I know what I truly deserve. You must know what you are worth. If you do not think you are worth it, you'll never settle for just anything. Remember, people only treat you certain ways by what you accept from them.
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Evan Sanders is the author of The Words Of Encouragement, a website dedicated to bringing the best quotes, motivational content on the web, and blogs all to one place. Need some more content to move foward from your relationship? Try these life goes on quotes.
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