Acceptance

We are all different in our own ways. At times you might find someone that is on the same page, same paragraph, same line as you, and then you leave it there, not finding the need to probe whether they are at the same word. We all would like someone in our lives who thinks in the same manner as we do, so that there is someone that would be able to better understand us in certain situations. Despite no disputes on many issues, it is almost impossible that one can be at the same word as another at all times.

I do not know how to react in many situations. My mind is set to think that the matters that many of us think as problems, are not really one. Having no food to eat every day is a problem. Going to a public and not a private school is not considered a real problem at all. Be glad you at least have the resources to attend a school. Hence, when someone tells me their problems, I do give them a listening ear out of my own will and give them a  piece of mind too most of the times. However, when there is no advising required and only assurance, I just smile in a reassuring way stating that ups and downs are a part of life and that life goes on, because it really does. People die, situations change but life goes on. The world is not going to stop along with you when you decide to stop walking in the journey of life. When I get nervous, I tend to laugh. To make a situation lighten up, I crack jokes.

People interpret this behavior and attitude of mine as being rude and callous. Just because one does not show, does not mean they do not care. I do care about how you feel deep down inside my heart. I want to do nice things for the people around me whether or not they are nice to me, hoping that one day things can get better. However, I know that I am not going to be treated in the same way in return as not everyone thinks in the same way as you do. Still, it does not quite matter as long as you know you tried. 

The question that remains is, should one change in order to not be misunderstood or just stay the way they are, hoping that one day someone understands and accepts them for the way that they think?