Hi @morgangreat! Thanks for sharing your thoughts and emotions with us.
I agree with you that quite often we are so caught up in our own issues that we sometimes happen to forget about what's happening with the other person. I guess, in such situations it's best to first have some empathy for your own self so that you are then free to have compassion and empathy for the other person. Change needs to happen from the inside-out.
Also, I guess, what you have shared is something that almost all of us experience in our day-to-day life where we are able to do a few things and not able to do a few others, make some people happy and end up annoying or, maybe, hurting a few others inadvertently.
So, it's very important to understand that it's impossible to make everybody happy all the time. We all have time and energy constraints and quite often a lot of stuff to manage - personal relationships, jobs, businesses, friends, etc. and we tend to feel pulled in different directions at times and this could make us feel overwhelmed. So, once you acknowledge this and start being more loving and empathic towards your own self then you become liberated and free to share that forgiveness, love and compassion with others.
wow this is lovely. First of all i must apologize for the late reply. I knew i was going to come back and read this awesome reply of yours. I actually do enjoy it..
In your first paragraph, I totally agree that before we can eventually help or reach out to others, we must first look at ourselves. you cannot be falling from a cliff and still be expecting to save someone else. both of you would die haha. rather save yourself first and then go save the other person.
we all face different difficulties in life no doubt and i think this is what contributes more into dividing our attention. Truly we can't please everybody or make everybody happy, but like you said in your last sentence....
I agree with that. Now following you tho