Never regret being your genuine self. If your act of caring isn’t accepted in the way you would’ve liked, it is not the act that shouldn’t have been done, but your response to their reaction.
You are a good person and you strive to do nice things for other people. You should be proud of that, no matter how the world responds to you. If it is in your nature to care for others by doing favors, listening to them, and helping however you can, continue doing so. There will be many times when the other person does not acknowledge you, but that shouldn’t cause you to regret your choices.
Your job is to act like your true and genuine self without regard to other’s responses. If you help someone and they don’t say thank you, you still did the right thing. If you loan money and they don’t pay you back, you still did what you felt was needed. If you send a message stating your true feelings and they simply ignore it, you acted how you desired.
If their response or lack of it causes your mind to spiral, it is not on them, it is fully on you. There is clearly an underlying expectation involved in your acts that needs to be removed. You should not being doing anything with the intention of repayment. You should be doing what you know in your heart to be genuinely you. Their reaction is on them and your response to that reaction is on you.
When they fail to acknowledge you and you question yourself, you question if being a good person is worth it – it is. There should never be regret involved when you know you did the right thing or acted how you felt was true to your being. Keep being a good person and never hold back your real self. They can choose to accept you or not, but either way, it has no affect on you.
Lower your expectations of other people – you cannot control how they act. We all deal with so much shit, I guarantee you’ve failed to acknowledge someone in the same way they’re doing to you now. Focus on being yourself and keeping your virtues on a daily basis. Do what is right and let the world respond how it will.
October 29, 2024
