That served as a lesson that there are no absolutes.nothing in life is "forever".you may think that since you know the people around you, it's fine to trust implicitly and love completely, but.look again, they may be wearing a mask. However, I see now that maybe I didn't know him like I thought I did. I tried getting angry, blaming him and then myself, I questioned, analyzed and even cried.ĭo I have an answer as to why it happened? No. I tried desperately to get over that blow. He just said, I don't have the time or the inclination for explanations. As my mouth flapped open and shut like a fish out of water, I asked if something had gone wrong. I believed that I knew him.we were "friends".it had to be a misunderstanding created by my overactive imagination.īut, he unflinchingly said, that he had a life with no room for me. I didn't blame or demand to know anything.I was just trying to understand. I began to feel that I was an outsider to his life, and so tried talking to him. And it's me, so I never got a hint.Ī friend with whom I share the best memories, suddenly gave me my rudest shock. I could never imagine my friends keeping me separate from their lives. It wasn't even an expectation, it was just a presumption. I had a close friend circle of maybe 8-10 friends, and though I was brutally honest with all of them, I loved and cherished each one, no matter how far or close to them, I was.īecause I gave my all, I somehow thought I got the same. I understand that though we meet people everyday of our lives, some nod "hello" and move on and out of our lives whereas some say "hello" and stay on. I don't make friends with strangers anymore, but I still care and trust too much.too easily and too soon. Now, I've grown up, but I still haven't learnt. I wore my heart on my sleeve and was taken for a ride from early on.īut with the optimism of a child, who doesn't know otherwise, I'd still march up to people, introduce myself and become "best friends." But then.I was a child. Though my parents accepted this, my mother always warned me that I cared and trusted too much.too easily and too soon. Nothing, anyone said or did, changed the fact that, life for me, centered around my friends. "A social butterfly" according to my teachers. As I grew older, I became the most talkative in class. They lost their identity as individuals and became "Rhea's parents" as we scurried between my many birthday invitations. It's an understatement to say that I'm a people's person.Īs a child, my social life was more active than that of my parents. I realized that you may think you know people, but in reality you don't know anyone completely. Today, I learnt #1 of life's many lessons.
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