Not everyone and sometimes even no one will have your back and what you always need to remember is: “NO ONE OWES YOU SHIT HONEY!”
You ever been in a situation where you’ve bent over backwards for someone whether it was a friend/family member and they turned around and said “You didn’t have to do that” or my favorite “I didn’t ask you too.” The thing is they are 100% right, you didn’t have to but you probably did it from the kindness of your heart thinking if it was vice versa they’d do the same.
As sad as it may seem, you can’t think like that. Don’t and I repeat don’t do things solely because you believe if it was the other way around they’d do the same. Life can change in an instant and when you find yourself on the other end of the spectrum, well my friend things are not always what they seem.
When you’re going through the world of bs and for some reason you look to your left,right, front, back, up, down (you get the point right) and all you see is emptiness - anger takes on a whole new meaning. You think back to all those times you went out of your way for other people, even when you didn’t have it, you still found a way to give it but now you are on your own and struggling.
If you guys don’t take anything from this post today just please remember this: The only person that owes you anything is YOU, YOU are solely responsible for YOU. If you have a genuine giving and loving heart then you are and should be able to give without any strings attached - you should know that the decision is all up to you. So, if you want to help David out with his light bill because his lights cut off, great go right ahead but don’t automatically think that he’ll do the same for you no matter who he is to you.
I’m not going to lie, I’ve had times where I’ve got angry just thinking to myself like “Damn, why aren’t they willing to help? Like everytime they needed something I was there.” It’s only till recently I realized that at the end of the day, everyone is just looking out for themselves and you really can’t be mad at that. Word of advice that I’m trying my hardest to implement myself is: Don’t take everything personal.
So when you go to make your next act of kindness, do it because you genuinely want to help and hopefully it creates a ripple effect cause like wouldn’t that just be totally amazing and super unrealistic. Keep trying anyway ;)
