Infatuated we become and everything they do excites us simply because those on our past have not made us feel such special and significant. These people extend themselves to us in an amazing fashion and lose a bit or part of themselves for the sake of seeing us so cherished. They lose their pride and a sense of ego, reduce themselves to become vulnerable for us. You cannot express love without being vulnerable. You yield your entire being to trust someone with your precious heart, thinking that they are capable of protecting and nurturing it. Their efforts, time and resources become precious for a limited time until one feels that what they do is a norm. We become acquainted with their actions until a sense of entitlement creeps in. When she arrives home, she cooks for me, do the dishes and I just sit and watch a soccer game on the television set. He comes all the time with a plastic full of groceries without me asking and he makes sure that my living expenses are well taken care of.
My teacher makes sure that whoever is struggling with a certain subject remains beyond her or his knock- off time for us to fully grasp the subjects and pass in our examinations. After some time, all these gracious actions become too common that they do not shock us when they happen. Some people even have the audacity to pray to God and seek an apology before they commit a sin simply due to being used to the fact that God forgives. We are very terrible people, aren’t we? We do not acknowledge that each day and actions are brought by grace and that is something too peculiar to ignore. Who said you have a right to live and experience what other do whole heartily for you? What is it that you have done to truly deserve such gestures? Nothing. You are living due to mercy and grace, and without them, you do not qualify for any of that. Your mindset is setting you on a failure mode by entertaining your sense of entitlement. Some goe to an extend of believing that because they have a good relationship where the partner out- does himself or herself, it is easy to get another partner like the latter and they start to misbehave and disrespect the other. I am beautiful or handsome, I can get whoever I want.
