"Guarding your heart and protecting your dignity are a little bit more important than clarifying the emotions of someone who's only texting you back three words. I've learned that from trying to figure out people who don't deserve to be figured out"
I came across this quote on Tumblr a little while ago, and I hadn't understood it properly until recently when I went through a situation with someone who keeps walking in and out of my life at the expense of my emotions. I consider myself to
be quite weak when it comes to allowing people who I care about to keep toying with my emotions - but there is one thing which my parents have taught me well and that is the fact that there will always be selfish people in this world and we need to overcome them. When someone treats you badly or in a manner that makes you question your self-worth (intentionally or unintentionally), instead of wishing bad upon them or trying to get revenge, you need to come to the realization that you measure up to something. It might takes you days, weeks or even months to feel better but once you do, build up that wall and don't let any more toxic people in. At some point you need to realize that you need to stop fighting for people who genuinely don't care about you or how you feel. When someone constantly disregards your feelings, you need to stop giving them the benefit of the doubt. There will always be someone better for them to reach out to, but it will never be you. The sooner you realize it, the better - you could save yourself from potentially shattering your self-confidence. And I think the worst part about all of this is that they don't even realize the damage they do on you and they probably never will. Which is exactly why they don't deserve to be figured out. Maybe I interpreted this quote entirely wrong, but this is the way it spoke to me.
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