Stories and Prose (Translated)

Not a Right, but a Favor

You cannot force someone to give you their time or advice. Whether they speak to you or not is their choice, and it depends entirely on whether they find a clear reason or genuine interest in doing so. Calling a complete stranger more than twice in a row, or sending them message after message without pause—I don't consider that a sign of mental health. No matter how desperately you need it, you simply cannot do this. Exhausting someone with endless talk about your problems means nothing to them if they have no intention of giving you their time. Your feelings, your needs—their value to them is, naturally enough, zero. Even if you love them with all your heart and soul, it changes nothing for them.

This is how people cheapen their own emotions. If you demand from others what you have no right to claim, and they treat you poorly for it, then you deserve it. There is a difference between rights and favors. Rights can be enforced; favors depend on the goodwill of another. Your problems loom large in your eyes, but not in theirs. You don't need to be a rocket scientist to understand this—a minimum of common sense will do.
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