It seems like the few times I try to stick up for myself, everything just turns out worse. Why do I have to be such a people pleaser? I guess because I like to see people happy and in a good mood. I can't stand to make someone upset or mad or angry. And when I stick up for myself, that tends to happen. But I refuse to let people walk all over me. Not this time.
It also seems like the few times I try to apologize up front about something I've said or done, something that is unknown to the person I'm apologizing to, everything just turns out worse. But I guess it's better than said person hearing it from someone else... right?
And throughout all of this, one thing I've learned is that even if someone says they aren't mad, they can still be mad.
“To try is to risk failure. But risk must be taken because the greatest hazard of life is to risk nothing. The person who risks nothing does nothing, has nothing, is nothing. He may avoid suffering and sorrow, but he simply cannot learn, feel, change, grow, live, and love.” Leo Buscaglia
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