The other day I watched a skit where in a family one of the kids found a picture of his dad and his best friend.
He asks, who is in this photo? The mom replies with it’s your dad and his best friend. The dad adds on, the best friend who hasn’t called in the last 3 years.
While the mom tries to reason with him he sums it up as why should I always be the one to call shouldn’t the other party take the initiative sometime?
I see his perspective. There’s lots of people at University of Waterloo or life in general who I feel like I am there for and appreciate. I invite them to hangouts, dinners, and even share stories that I wouldn’t feel comfortable telling everybody.
In the skit, the dad and his best friend end up meeting and his best friend is in a wheelchair. The dad asks, why did you never tell me, and the friend replies with because you never asked
I have self humility, I know I am not the most important person in the world. I’d go however far I need to for the people in life I truly appreciate.
Recently I realized I go so far for so so many people but how many are the same towards me? A few.
Isn’t this unfair to the people who reciprocate, a perception that they’re one of “many” important people in my life when in reality I only feel that way about select few?
This is why I started treating others in the capacity they treat me and held them to a similar importance