There's this actually challenging art in walking away from people who don't treat you well, respect you enough to reply to you, or simply don't act like you mean much to them. On one hand you want to be close with as many potential 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 difficult to find sometimes. It is something that I struggle with again and again. Really, at what point do you hold your head up high and walk away from the relationship?
I hold myself to a very high standard. A great deal of the time I find myself not needing to do something but doing it anyways because I know the other person really deserves that. I'm of the opinion that is what I'd needed if the situation was switched around. But I feel lots of the time these people I'm close with don't do that for me. I don't know if this is just my generation, but it has become increasingly popular for people to just not take time to 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 understand what makes people do this. Is it a lack of respect? Do you not like me? Do you just not care?
As I go through life, things have become more intense as it seems. I give my heart out to people around me in a fashion that I haven't ever been capable of before - and I love that I have started to develop that. But at the same time I have experienced more angles that are just the biggest 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 go ...especially when there is not any gigantic blowup of any sort.
It's hard to turn off making an attempt to bring other people joy. Because that's what it really comes down to for me. I try and bring others as much joy as I am able to throughout the course of the day. I try and make others grin. 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 don't expect them to do exactly same for me...but I do look for respect, and if it's not there, I don't try to convince them...I just end up leaving.
Finding the balance has been wonderfully hard on my heart these days. But in all seriousness, I know what I need to do. I should walk away. I must respect myself enough, the type 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 really think that you are worth it, you'll settle for anything. Remember, people only treat you certain ways by what you accept from them.
I hold myself to a very high standard. A great deal of the time I find myself not needing to do something but doing it anyways because I know the other person really deserves that. I'm of the opinion that is what I'd needed if the situation was switched around. But I feel lots of the time these people I'm close with don't do that for me. I don't know if this is just my generation, but it has become increasingly popular for people to just not take time to 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 understand what makes people do this. Is it a lack of respect? Do you not like me? Do you just not care?
As I go through life, things have become more intense as it seems. I give my heart out to people around me in a fashion that I haven't ever been capable of before - and I love that I have started to develop that. But at the same time I have experienced more angles that are just the biggest 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 go ...especially when there is not any gigantic blowup of any sort.
It's hard to turn off making an attempt to bring other people joy. Because that's what it really comes down to for me. I try and bring others as much joy as I am able to throughout the course of the day. I try and make others grin. 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 don't expect them to do exactly same for me...but I do look for respect, and if it's not there, I don't try to convince them...I just end up leaving.
Finding the balance has been wonderfully hard on my heart these days. But in all seriousness, I know what I need to do. I should walk away. I must respect myself enough, the type 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 really think that you are worth it, you'll settle for 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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