Giving more…

… and expecting less works a lot of wonders. It reduces stress, too.

Sometimes we expect the people we love and care about to give back the affections we have showered on them. But not everything can be reciprocated. We get more hurt when we expect to be loved back.

It’s not me being messianic again. It has always been a quid pro quo thing for me.

I just realized that if I don’t expect the phone calls, my phone rings in the middle of the night. Or I am paid the surprise visit I wasn’t hoping for. Text messages come in. So do wake up calls.

They feel good when they happen. Because I wasn’t pining for them to.