tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27614643.post5690653395450126226..comments2023-12-03T10:34:40.333-06:00Comments on Jeremy's Blog: Some open honesty: Abusive FriendshipJeremy Gustafsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11390140643945683621noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27614643.post-42072715929095785172013-01-11T06:30:08.545-06:002013-01-11T06:30:08.545-06:00After reading this post, my friend Bernadett share...After reading this post, my friend Bernadett shared her thoughts on FB, which I'd like to immortalize here as well:<br /><br />"Do unto others as you would have them do to you". This topic has been coming up a lot in my personal life, and in the lives around me. Some people follow this golden rule, some do not. Some people are givers, some takers, most are balanced by being a little of both. When you give freely your love, time, money, advice, etc... you are extending your grace and distributing the gifts you have been given that overflow from within you unto another. This my friends, can make the world go round, and it is wonderful! However, once in a while there are people that come into our lives that manipulate our good nature and take advantage of our generosity- making us feel like fools. But what happens next is the most unfortunate thing of all. As a fool, we begin to harden our hearts, retract our trust, and fold in our hands that we used to hold out so innocently and so purely. Have the "takers" ruined us? Have they made us lose our innocence, our charity, our compassion, our consideration, and have they blocked our blessings against those in the future who might truly need and/or deserve our love, time, money, advice, friendship, etc? Do not allow yourself to be ruined. Do not live your life in regret because you did what your heart called you to do. Be proud that you were capable of giving away such a beautiful gift to someone in need. And be sorry and pray for them that they were not thankful beings. We want to become the best version of ourselves, not the worst. Let's not worry about who will stab us in the back next, let's celebrate and focus on those who have our backs now! "To thine own self be true." That is our legacy. That is how we move forward.<br /><br />Warmth and Peace~ Bernadett Belinda YorkJeremy Gustafsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11390140643945683621noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27614643.post-75933174863818407632013-01-10T07:03:54.059-06:002013-01-10T07:03:54.059-06:00"It is not my fault. Maybe some day I'll ..."It is not my fault. Maybe some day I'll believe that for myself."<br /><br />Believe it.Momnoreply@blogger.com