Mentality Differentials.
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1) "Walau, today Facebook so laggy, wasted my time sia, I could've done so much work if they hadn't been so laggy."
VS2) "I am severely addicted to Facebook, I've chosen to while my time trying to get it to load, instead of doing what I'm supposed to do. How stupid of me."
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A matter of perspective. Must learn to see the faults in oneself more clearly rather than blaming everything around oneself.
Let's try this again.
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1) "You gave me the hope to even believe that we stood a chance. And so I dared to believe, I dared to try to make that change. And now, I don't know what's going on but you're making me lose hope. I know it's probably a hopeless battle we're fighting, but just wish you were just like before, someone I could look up to and always turn to for help."
VS2)"The fault is mine, you've done enough and I should've learnt to become a more independent individual. You're not the one making me lose hope, I myself am the victim and the culprit. I'm not going to push the blame to you nor anyone else because the problem lies with me. I have to take on what you have left off, that sliver of hope, and do my best to make a better change. And for all that you've done and are still doing, I sincerely thank you. :)"
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Though the latter alternative may sound like beating yourself up and thrashing your esteem, ego and dignity, think about it: We're not perfect and so are the others around us. By doing so, we accept the flaws of others and recognize our own flaws. By doing so, we can work on ourselves to become better people that actually exercise some form of humility. By doing so, we refrain from expecting way too much of people, wanting them to give to us their all when we know that's impossible.
There's just too many things in life, family, friends, relationships, duties, education or jobs for some, how do you expect a full 100% from someone? Not likely possible, be it even your spouse, and as the person's life partner, you should be able to accept and understand that, rather than kicking up a big fuss over it.
And one last major mistake that has always been happening all this while:
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Assumptions.----------------------------------------------------------
And who are we to judge the implications of the actions and words of everyone? As well as you may think you know that person, you shouldn't assume anything unless the person seriously admits that your assumption is true. As friends, let all assumptions be cleared up. Should you start to assume that your friend is doing or feeling something that you are not informed of, ask and clear it up. Because as friends, what's the harm in being honest with each other? If as friends, you're going to be so intolerant of every single thing and just assume this and that, now how would the other person feel?
I wonder where this is heading.
OK, Should get to work now, and remember to keep the lessons learnt today. Such reflections come in handy.
One more thing nagging in mind, but no one can tell till we actually see it in action rather than behind the back.