Realization

Today I realized a lot of things.
I seriously misinterpreted certain parts of my life. I was wrong. In my attempts to be understood, I started losing my own abilities to understand others. I want empathy, but I also need to keep being empathetic. I still have my own needs, but I need to realize that the way others treat me isn't always a sign of disrespect or selfishness on their part. It could be the way they cope with the stress that life throws at them, it could be out of habit, it could be any number of things. I need to be more patient and understanding, and keep looking at the good things, because there are a lot of those