Livejournal is dead but.....

Mar 27, 2007 00:16

It has been forever since I have so much as even been on lj so why I am commenting now simply eludes me. I just don't know why but it seems like everything in my life has simply blown up in my face in the past year. Why does it seem the harder you try to make others happy that you lose happiness yourself, is it a direct equation? Is it ( Read more... )

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rissa_ann March 28 2007, 02:40:55 UTC
While I am not suggesting to be vain, I do believe that your happiness should mean more than that of others, but I don't think you should stomp all over them to be happy. Granted, if it is a loved one, you naturally want to make them happy, but in return, they should want that for you as well. If you explain to them in an appropriate manner that this DOES make you happy, then they should love you enough in return to understand and at least live with it, rather they agree with it or not.

This year I've learned that I really don't HAVE to make everyone happy as much as I want to, because not everyone cares about me as much as I care about them. I began to realize that certain people who I went out of my way for to be nice to never returned it. It was then that I realized that if they didn't care that much then I didn't need to go out of my for them. In the end, it worked much better that way for both parties involved.

Your past is just that: your past. It will remain your past and there shall it lie. Never regret your past, Ryan. You made those decisions for a reason, and while they may not have been the best, you ultimately learned something from them. And you're not naive. You're nice. *gasp!* A rarety this day in age, no?

I know that I just wrote a mini novel up there, but I love you like a brother Ryan! Don't let bad people get you down. Just turn your head away and keep on walking. They'll always be there; whether or not you let them get to you is your decision. You're a good guy Ryan--never let go of that or your personality, and don't change it for anybody. It's who YOU are, not who someone wants you to be.

And yes, people still check livejournal.. hahah. If you ever need me, you know where to find me.

-Marissa

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