Guilt Is a Trap
Guilt Is a Trap Sometimes, when you feel low about yourself, the first reason may not actually be you. It may be your surroundings. People around us often try to understand our decisions, our failures, our pain, our dreams, and our behaviour through their own beliefs and their own experiences in life. They don't necessarily see the complete story behind why we think or act the way we do. They see only what they understand. So we start explaining ourselves. We debate. We defend our decisions. We explain our pain. We explain our dreams. We try to make them understand why. And sometimes, after everything has been explained, they become silent. At that moment, you may feel that you have finally won the argument. But something interesting happens next. They may not learn anything from the situation. Instead, they simply wait. They wait to see whether you will succeed. They wait to see whether your decision will work. They wait for your achievement. And even when you finally succeed, the...