@playmakerjnr
be loyal to your nature even when your nature gets you hurt.
when the person you check on never checks on you. when the effort you give dissolves into people who will never notice, never appreciate, or never reciprocate. this asymmetry will wound you. it will make you question whether you are the fool, whether everyone else knows something you dont about how to protect yourself.
let them have their safety. you have chosen something harder and infinitely more valuable: integrity that does not bend when tested.
choose the hurt. choose the vulnerability. choose to be the person who cares when caring is not convenient, profitable, or returned.