Making Sacrifices

We all know that change is the only constant thing in this world. This is very true, as i have just lately realized. I also realized some changes are forced unto ourselves while other changes are willingly influenced by our own selves, depending on the need and the situation.

How does one introduce changes into their own lives? The one important word is: sacrifice. To make changes, you have to make sacrifices. Making a sacrifice, coupled with the need to bring in change, is as difficult as changing already is. Sacrifice requires emotional and social strength. Sacrifice is not only about giving up something, it's about giving up people as well. It's as hard as it gets, but sometimes you have to sacrifice for the betterment of things.

I have given up people myself, while some people have also given up on me. Things like that hard can be hard to cope with, but for the sake of changes, you have to have the strength to accept such a truth. Again, you must also have the strength to sacrifice some people in your lives if you think doing so will change your life for the better.

Then again, I find it exasperating that people fail to understand or even try to understand what I am doing. Instead, to cope up with that, they try to force their perspectives on me and try to prove me wrong. It's counter-productive. Doing so only creates confusion and disrupts the flow of things. Only in trying to understand and having the openness to understand a person's actions is the key to comprehending and finding peace.

Pain and maybe even anger are part of a separation and the process of sacrifice. They are but normal reactions. However, these emotions should not bar us from the process of understanding. The key to this is looking past your personal opinions and reactions on the matter and looking into the other person's mind. Empathy. It's exactly easy to do.

Sometimes, too, trying too much to read a person is counter-productive as we are almost always wrong. Perhaps the best way to understand what happened is just to live with it; the answer will soon float to the surface for you to grasp.