i creeped FB, and found this note cutriousy of NL.

Why is it that you can give someone everything in the world, give them everything you have and they turn their back on you?.. People only treat you, how you allow yourself to be treated. You're a victim because you choose to be. No one will realize things on their own. Sometimes, you have to stand up for yourself, and show them how you should, and deserve to be treated. And if they dont realize it, they dont deserve to be apart of your life. People can say they're sorry over and over again, but until they prove it, the words are meaningless. They can say they didnt mean it, it wasnt their intention.. but why is that a valid excuse? Its not.

The truth is: We hold on to those we care about, even when they hurt us because we dedicate ourselves to them. We give them apart of what and who we are, and end up depending on them. It feels like they are all we have because we gave them so much, and if we walked out, we'd have nothing left.

And you can try to take them back and hope things will change.. But you are always treated, how you allow people to treat you. And the the second you take that person back, and forgive them with an open heart after doing something that genuinely hurts you.. you allow them to treat you without any respect. Because thats exactly the amount of respect you showed yourself for allowing a person who hurts you back into your life.

The one person that deserves 100% of your respect and love is yourself. Through all the pain, heartache and bullshit the only one that's going to be there for you 24/7 is yourself. Not the one you love, not your friends, not even your family. Because at any given moment, any one of those people could hurt you. Stab you in the back and betray you.

You come into the world alone, and you walk through it alone. When you can stand strong on your own two feet, and be truly happy and at peace with yourself no one can take that from you. Because its yours, its inside you, and no one or nothing can change that.

"The whole secret of existence is to have no fear. Never fear what will become of you, depend on no one. Only the moment you reject all help are you freed."
-Buddha