Friends
It's interesting.
I was talking with a friend recently whom has been going through some trouble, and as a friend, I've tried to lend my best support. I usually try to when it comes to the friends I talk to. I try to be friendly and as open-minded as I can, and try to comfort them in any way possible. They told me something that baffled me at first. They said that I was stronger than I think. While everyone around me was crumbling, I've been trying my best to lift them up with hugs and support like they were the only ones that mattered. They weren't the only one to say something like this, as I was told again by another, and then a few others.
Interesting. Isn't it? As scared and weak as I make myself out to be, when it comes to my own problems, I seem to manage to be supportive for others. I guess when it is not your own problems it's easier for you to be optimistic about it, to help the other when they've fallen. As much as it may seem a curse not to always be strong when facing your own problems, it is, in its own, a blessing. It causes us to have need for one another to lean on.
Of course, I don't expect it of people to help me when I've fallen, but I will accept it if given. I'm atleast happy to bring a smile to a friend's face.
I was talking with a friend recently whom has been going through some trouble, and as a friend, I've tried to lend my best support. I usually try to when it comes to the friends I talk to. I try to be friendly and as open-minded as I can, and try to comfort them in any way possible. They told me something that baffled me at first. They said that I was stronger than I think. While everyone around me was crumbling, I've been trying my best to lift them up with hugs and support like they were the only ones that mattered. They weren't the only one to say something like this, as I was told again by another, and then a few others.
Interesting. Isn't it? As scared and weak as I make myself out to be, when it comes to my own problems, I seem to manage to be supportive for others. I guess when it is not your own problems it's easier for you to be optimistic about it, to help the other when they've fallen. As much as it may seem a curse not to always be strong when facing your own problems, it is, in its own, a blessing. It causes us to have need for one another to lean on.
Of course, I don't expect it of people to help me when I've fallen, but I will accept it if given. I'm atleast happy to bring a smile to a friend's face.