I Feel Like I'm The Only One Able To Sustain Anything

I texted you back that one time but I think you ignored it. Haha. Yea I know how you feel… Some people don’t deserve energy from you. But I don’t think there is anything to lose to keep giving. Most people are afraid to reach out, but reaching out is stronger and makes you stronger. :)

@optimystic I deeply empathize with the sense of frustration you describe.

The virtue you describe is very rare. There are others out there like you, but they are not easy to find.

If you find even 10 people in your entire life who truly live unselfishly you are fortunate.

I have been fortunate to know many unselfish people, but I’m not sure if I have ever met someone who is unselfish and also mentally strong. I have only read about such people in history.

If you feel your friends are unworthy of you, then most likely they are and if you aren’t already you would do well to open up your world to new social possibilities because it is nearly impossible to change another person or elevate another person who isn’t taking initiative on their own.

I have wasted a lot of positive energy and good faith on people who didn’t hold their own. It is worth the pain and effort of the search to find those who you can truly relate to and grow with.

They’re where others need them the most.

Find the others. They’re out there, in this wilderness, feeling shunned and depressed the same as you. Too bad there’s probably a few hundred miles between you and the next one.

Similar situation here. Sometimes your long time friends just disappear from your life no matter what you do, no matter how helpful and accomodating your are towards them.

When this happens you have to think about it from their perspective. In a sense, they are being short-sighted by abandoning a relationship with someone who really has their best interests in mind. And when you go through life with an attitude like that you tend to “paint yourself into a corner” eventually.

So don’t blame yourself. You didn’t do anything. Just enjoy your life and move on.

Many things that happen to us in life do not make sense or have a logical reason behind them.