i've learnt so much about empathy and kindness and love these past few months i always expected another person to show love for me, before i can give it to them. and if they did show love from the start, i always thought there wasnt a reason to. that they were just desperate, or being crazy, irrational. but if we all think like that, no one will ever take a step forward (luckily not everyone is like this, and we can heal eachother) i ran away from people that showed me love but i also never gave people that love either we should be kind to people, as they are without expecting reward or praise or something back from them. if they are willing to accept that, then good if not, then such energies should be attributed elsewhere (you can't pour tea into a close pot) if they return that love, we should accept it and not question it (when someone opens the door for us, do we question why they're doing it? no) no matter how bad his bad habits may have been, the exchange be