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I Believe This Is True

People who care about the happiness of others above their own are the loneliest amongst all.

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Abstraction · 61-69, M

The pursuit of values delivers more happiness than the pursuit of happiness itself. One leaves you full, the other empty.

It's too big an irony for many.

Beatbox34 · 31-35, M

@Abstraction Ironically we fix others to break ourselves more in the process

Abstraction · 61-69, M

@Beatbox34 I'm puzzled by that. Why does helping others break us if we have sensible boundaries? It hasn't hurt me.

Beatbox34 · 31-35, M

@Abstraction This is from I observed. I have fixed many people and lives to end up being alone.

This even happened in the relationship I was in.

Abstraction · 61-69, M

@Beatbox34 You have to maintain self respect and value in yourself at all times. I help others, but don't get walked over. Otherwise what you say can be true: you get used.

Beatbox34 · 31-35, M

@Abstraction You're right I guess. I was engrossed in fixing them and ended up in pain and loss.

I have learned to live with the loneliness now and I have kept my bar of expectation low.