I was told today I should not have showed affection or love towards someone who doesn’t like me. I am having trouble grasping the logic behind that advice. The only thing I can think of is maybe they didn’t see it as a genuine effort or feeling on my behalf? Maybe it seems overly confident and rude to assume they want any type of attention positive or negative? I don’t really know because I have not been told specifically why being nice is wrong. I am of the opinion it is never wrong to be nice…I don’t see the downside to it. I think I am missing something. I think things have been said, important things, that everyone else knows but me. Words are like puzzle pieces, they fit someplace but sometimes it takes awhile to figure out where exactly they fit.
Respect me they say, and I do
Love me they ask, and I say yes
Please be honest, I’ll do my best
Do you trust me? Of course I do
Can I have a hug? An endless supply
Can we talk? I have a willing ear
I love you! I love you too!
Did you hear what I heard?
Can you believe what was said?
What they did? Who they are?
He left us alone….deserted us
She did what she had to do to survive
How dare he be so selfish
To just simply walk away
Then walk back in all sane and shit
To the vacant space long ago sublet
Left for too long, so sorry
There is no place here
Nothing left to come back too
Respect us, our wishes
As we tell you goodbye
And so I shall, but I’ll do it my way
If I see you, don’t expect a frown
Or a wayward sneer
It is in my character
To let love conquer fear
Some people may believe in lies
But my eyes they hold the truth
Just as your eyes hold yours
Amen. We are called to love one another. Period. I love you too.
I don’t see anything wrong in showing affection to the people who dont like you.
Maybe but not to me
I know longer believe a person can be nice to everyone, though for those who don’t want it or who being nice to seems difficult at best, then the only nice thing to do is to just walk away.
lol…yeah, it’s amazing how you know it’s the only nice thing to do…neutralize a no-win situation, but others don’t see it that way. Personally I’ve gotten kinda tired of walking away, at least when it happens too often. It’s much nice though when you have somewhere or someone special to ‘walk toward’, especially after walking away. Have a nice day.
Unrequited love is painful but we can’t force people to love us, even if we love them.
I think when people feel pettiness and discontent in their own hearts, it is very difficult for them to understand the compassion in the hearts of others.
I don’t see a problem with being nice or showing empathy. It’s the suspicious recipient searching your eyes for a hidden agenda that has the problem.
Wow. Really? Who says that to be kind is the wrong form of action? I think like you do, I live that way too. I have always believed that kindness conquers, I write about it all the time. I can tell you that you are never in the wrong for being nice to someone, but those are only my words. You know in your heart if you have done right, and that’s all that matters.
This is a great piece! I love the style of story telling here. Such a talent you have for self expression! Hugs pretty mama! I love you dearly! ~Jen
Don’t let people get to you! Live your life true to yourself! Nice post.
Can I ask who the girls in the pictures are? Obviously the same person, and have to say, beautiful!
x Lovely poem, as well x
Sometimes the truth can be a hard thing to bear. Either for the person receiving it or for someone else who is uncomfortable seeing something so pure.
Okay, I’m curious. Where do you get all these fantastic photos?
Well, duh! I just didn’t know if they were professional or how they were edited…..I’ll just shut up now…
It’s so cool that he supports your blog. It must make doing this a lot easier.
Kind of. He knows its important to me but isn’t crazy about my posts. He doesn’t love poetry
But he takes the pictures and reads some of them. That’s more than I’ve ever gotten.
Yes he does a bit:)