There are second lead characters in movies and television dramas that seem to offer more love than the the main lead but are often ignored or unappreciated. Even if their love is recognized, their love is not accepted in the end.
The audience however knows this doesn’t mean they’re less deserving of love. The sad fate of not being loved back doesn’t necessarily mean one is not worthy or that one is not capable of love.
Being rejected by one person doesn’t mean someone is better. It doesn’t mean you are not beautiful or dependable or charming.
But why is it that in real life, that’s just how we feel? We feel ugly and broken and worthless. We feel that when we’re rejected, it’s because something’s wrong with us.
Let us try to see things from another perspective. Being rejected is hard and painful. But let us not jump into the wrong conclusions because of it. Let us not lose our self-esteem.
One’s unrequited love is not wasted because it has enriched the heart of the one who loves. It has made him or her more beautiful and one will carry the fragrance of this love wherever that one may go.
Jocelyn Soriano is the author of the book “Mend My Broken Heart”. Get it from Amazon today—click here.
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"Of Waves and Butterflies: Poems on Grief", "Mend My Broken Heart", "Questions to God", "To Love an Invisible God", "Defending My Catholic Faith", and more - click here.
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