The following bit of wisdom is taken from "The Winds of Sinhala", by Colin De Silva: -
One of the most important things in life is to remember that people can only be themselves. You expect them to behave in a certain way. When they do not, your reaction - the hurt, the sorrow, the grief - is indeed the final product of their action. But it is still your own reaction. After all, the same behaviour can make one person laugh and another cry. You will never know whether people try as hard to make you happy as you would like them to, or whether they have tried at all, but you must not blame them for being what they are, merely because it is a disappointment to you.
It is love that enables us to accept people as they are. Love can emerge suddenly, or it can be the product of a relationship. Since its seemingly natural form is with blood ties, such as between parents and children, brothers and sister, we expect too much from these ties.
A man needs to be responsible for others in order to exist. - Colin de Silva (The Winds of Sinhala)
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