Borrowed Thoughts...

True isn't it? No matter how many mistakes you make, no matter how many stupid decisions you take, that hurt you, that pain others, no matter how many times you disappoint yourself, let yourself down, in the end you do forgive yourself. You still like yourself. You might struggle to love yourself...for all the mistakes you make...forgiving doesn't come easy, when you hurt yourself...and specially when you hurt the ones you love...forgiving doesn't come cheap. But, you have no choice...you have to live with yourself after all, and you have to like and love yourself. Esle, living will be difficult.

But what about others? They make one mistake, and you stay mad at them forever. You curse them, you blame them, you say, "how could you have hurt me? I thought you loved, that we were friends, that you understood me?And even you did this to me?". You start disliking them, you accept nothing but perfection from others, that they take the right decisions all the time, decisions that make sure you don't get hurt, you expect them to always feel the right emotions, so that their reactions don't hurt you. They make mistakes, your friends, your parents, your colleagues, your important others, your lovers, and you hate them.

Now let's see, how fair is that?

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Thanks to Divya for a wonderful chat and this quote:

 “Growing up is never easy. You hold on to things that were. You wonder what's to come. But that night, I think we knew it was time to let go of what had been, and look ahead to what would be. Other days. New days. Days to come. The thing is, we didn't have to hate each other for getting older. We just had to forgive ourselves... for growing up.” - The Wonder Years