So this one time Mandy and I went to go see The Perks of Being a Wallflower. It was very realistic. I loved how much it made me ponder how the comments we make to others can impact their day or even life. This film was one of those films where you take out your phone to make a note of something that was said because you will actually learn from it. This is what I saved in my phone:
"Why do I and everyone I love pick people who treat us like we're nothing?"
"We accept the love we think we deserve."
The Perks of Being a Wallflower came out back in October so, clearly, it has somewhat become a theme that I have kept in the forefront of my mind the rest of this semester. I believe that I have finally gathered my thoughts on the subject.
If I honestly sit down and think about this interaction of words exchanged by the two main characters, I don't know how much of it is correct. We are our own worst critic and I understand that but, there is a point where you absolutely have to stop putting yourself down. To me, it is alarming that we do not allow ourselves the love we deserve. Is it the melodramatic side of us that wants to always be wishing for more? Or is it really honestly because we are blinded by harsh judgement of ourselves? Hopefully, someone somewhere is being "picked" because they treat the person choosing them in the most loving of ways and vice versa.
Why do people we choose to love treat us like were nothing? I think that it is a two-sided, destructive street that's hard to escape. It's hard to escape because, at least according to me, once you care enough about a person regardless of how they treat you, you don't want to leave them. It's difficult to understand why, if you treat someone as though you love them, that person will treat you as if you don't matter. I'm okay with not being together one hundred percent of the time. I'm even okay with not speaking every day. But, I'm not okay with ingratitude for the love that is shown to people.
And that's a wrap.
"Why do I and everyone I love pick people who treat us like we're nothing?"
"We accept the love we think we deserve."
The Perks of Being a Wallflower came out back in October so, clearly, it has somewhat become a theme that I have kept in the forefront of my mind the rest of this semester. I believe that I have finally gathered my thoughts on the subject.
If I honestly sit down and think about this interaction of words exchanged by the two main characters, I don't know how much of it is correct. We are our own worst critic and I understand that but, there is a point where you absolutely have to stop putting yourself down. To me, it is alarming that we do not allow ourselves the love we deserve. Is it the melodramatic side of us that wants to always be wishing for more? Or is it really honestly because we are blinded by harsh judgement of ourselves? Hopefully, someone somewhere is being "picked" because they treat the person choosing them in the most loving of ways and vice versa.
Why do people we choose to love treat us like were nothing? I think that it is a two-sided, destructive street that's hard to escape. It's hard to escape because, at least according to me, once you care enough about a person regardless of how they treat you, you don't want to leave them. It's difficult to understand why, if you treat someone as though you love them, that person will treat you as if you don't matter. I'm okay with not being together one hundred percent of the time. I'm even okay with not speaking every day. But, I'm not okay with ingratitude for the love that is shown to people.
And that's a wrap.
