In life we often wonder or ask WHY bad things happen to us, why we have to go through heartaches and dissapointments, why people changed, why people don't change, why are we treated unfairly, why are we being taken for granted or taken advantage of. All the many WHYs.
No one genius has an answer to that. But having been through hell and out numerous times(mostly from the aspects of personal relationships), I could probably say there are reasons why things don't happened as we wished for them to happen.
So don't beat yourself up if you have been led on, shortchanged, cheated or unjustly treated. This is probably nature's best way to teach us life lesson in recognising the right person that comes along, or cherish the good things in life. How else can one really acknowledged the goodness in life and value every drop of it, if he/she has not seen the worst or even come close?
A friend spontenously shared a metaphor with me today, and it makes complete sense.
"You light up a fire. It was really pretty. A sight to behold. You love it! You want it to last, forever if possible. You wanted to touch it, but each time you get burnt and blisters formed. So what do you do?"
For many (including myself was guilty as charged), will keep lighting the fire and try touching it time and again, hoping one day we will not get burnt. When we gave up trying to touch the fire, we tend to light it up and look at it still harboring hopes. Foolish as it sounds.
So the friend said, why not look elsewhere and start appreciating other beauties around you. Look at the rain or the sunshine that have their own beauties. They deserve to be appreciated more than the fire you lighted up that's untouchable and can never make you happy.
My take...we have a choice, to either emerge as a victor or victim in any given situation. I choose to be happy ;)
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