“You’re going to come across people in your life who will say all the right words at all the right times. But in the end, it’s always their actions you should judge them by. It’s actions, not words, that matter.”

I strongly believe in this. Anyone can say anything to appease me or tickle my fancy. But, I’ve learned that words are just words - it’s your actions that make the difference. Remember what we learned in English class? How a concrete detail is necessary to back up, support your topic sentence. Well, similarly, I’ve learned only to allow myself to believe one’s words so long as they provide me with concrete details, reasons as to why they mean what they say. Reasons, only valid to me, as actions. I mean, that’s fair, isn’t it? I owe it to myself to know better than to indulge in potentially false hopes created by false words. You know what they say, I need to see it to believe it.

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hurt this pride, murder this ego

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“Could you meet me halfway?”

Meet me halfway. - A popular theme in tonight’s cotc sesh. Popular, simply because, well.. it’s true. I’ve learned that we, in relationships of any sort, have to learn how to set aside our differences and compromise. My dad always told me, “Relationships are about giving and taking.” - Not either or. One can’t always be giving themselves and accomodating the needs of someone else, all the time. Sometimes, that someone else has to learn to put that same effort in, too. Am I right? I think it’s safe to say that: In life, things don’t always go our way. It’s natural that they don’t. But, when they don’t, we have to find ways to work it out. And the only way for something to work out, is to be understanding and again, be willing to set aside your differences and compromise.

Then again, I’ve also learned - experienced, if you will - that you could only compromise so much. Everyone has their limits. There’s only so much you’re willing to give up, until one day, you’ve had enough and realize that, the extent to which your compromising yourself isn’t worth how much you’re giving to someone else. And when you have realized that, the best thing to do is simply to, well… move on. I, indeed, have realized that.

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