Ironically, the same people who taught you how to watch your words and make sure you don't hurt other people's feelings has hurt your feelings more and when the time comes when you can't hold it anymore, you retaliate. You try your best to express yourself but they laugh at you instead. You break down into tears and start shouting back. They continue to laugh and not give a damn...
Then they tell you should be "mature" and "control your emotions" and stuff like that. They shout at you for overreacting like that. When you have already been scarred, they cut you deeper. Well then, what's the matter? Didn't you tell me we should respect each other's feelings? That we should be cautious of what we say, lest we hurt them?
You know what I've learnt?
That we should be nice to others, that we should respect others. That we should love others....to the extent of letting them hurt us.
You see, we live in a world where people only think for themselves and look after their own interests and ideals. Nobody cares about you. Nobody cares about your feelings. They only want you to care about them.
I have learnt that love is selfless. And that this life is not about ourselves. I know now that my life is meant for others be it to serve them or to let them throw insults and hurl sticks and stones toward me. Whether it is to love me or hurt me. It is not about me.
Besides, what I have learnt is this: that we should love others even when no one cares about you.
Double standards, much? Maybe. But get this, life is supposed to be unfair.
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