You know, I think one of the most important but most difficult lessons to learn throughout our lives is that we deserve more.
Now, I don't mean you need to live your life day to day with a sense of entitlement. There's a fine line between thinking you're entitled to everything and acknowledging that there are certain things in life you truly deserve.
There are lots of different facets to this idea, but the main thing I want to stress is learning that you deserve to be treated better by your peers. And not just your peers in general, but your friends, family, coworkers ... assuming you're not a complete jerk, of course.
I consider myself to be a pretty good friend to most people, especially to those I care about the most. I'm not perfect and I can't always be there for everyone, but I do all I can to be the kind of friend I want others to be for me.
Because of this, lately I've realized that I have friends who just don't treat me the way I deserve. It just kind of hit me, honestly. I deserve to be treated the same way that I treat those close to me, and while I don't believe in having expectations for the most part, I can't help but expect certain people in my life to treat me a particular way. So it's disappointing, obviously, to realize that's not so.
The main problem with trying to think this way stems from insecurity. Those of us who are highly insecure have a hard time admitting to ourselves that we should be treated better, because we don't always feel that we deserve it. At the end of the day, you have to know that you are better than you think, smarter than you know, and deserve to be treated like a human being.
Honestly, everyone deserves to be treated with respect and to be treated kindly. If everyone treated others the way they would want to be treated, the world would be a better place.
- Kelsey
Now, I don't mean you need to live your life day to day with a sense of entitlement. There's a fine line between thinking you're entitled to everything and acknowledging that there are certain things in life you truly deserve.
There are lots of different facets to this idea, but the main thing I want to stress is learning that you deserve to be treated better by your peers. And not just your peers in general, but your friends, family, coworkers ... assuming you're not a complete jerk, of course.
I consider myself to be a pretty good friend to most people, especially to those I care about the most. I'm not perfect and I can't always be there for everyone, but I do all I can to be the kind of friend I want others to be for me.
Because of this, lately I've realized that I have friends who just don't treat me the way I deserve. It just kind of hit me, honestly. I deserve to be treated the same way that I treat those close to me, and while I don't believe in having expectations for the most part, I can't help but expect certain people in my life to treat me a particular way. So it's disappointing, obviously, to realize that's not so.
The main problem with trying to think this way stems from insecurity. Those of us who are highly insecure have a hard time admitting to ourselves that we should be treated better, because we don't always feel that we deserve it. At the end of the day, you have to know that you are better than you think, smarter than you know, and deserve to be treated like a human being.
Honestly, everyone deserves to be treated with respect and to be treated kindly. If everyone treated others the way they would want to be treated, the world would be a better place.
- Kelsey
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