Indifference, not Love
I've been working on a great number of Buddhist ways of thinking-two of the biggest being compassion and love.
Thing is I've been dealing with situations where I realize that I've been taken advantage of, which is shifting my heart to a very cold indifference. Indifference, in my book, is the opposite of love.
I'm coming to this place after realizing that, in many ways, some people have been using me for various selfish reasons.
What's tough for me is getting back my equilibrium to where I can be indifferent to those who only see what they can get out of me (or have done so already) and compassionate to everyone else.
And yes, I know Buddhist thought is to be compassionate to all, but I'm needing the ice-cold distance for my own peace of mind, because caring about said people doesn't help me at all.
Bleh.
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