NAVIGATING THE GRAY AREAS

"Life can be hard on us sometimes, and other times we just enjoy the feeling of having everything go our way. As humans, we are imperfect beings trying to be perfect, so it's absurd when I see someone trying to say someone else shouldn't make a mistake. We make mistakes almost every time, but this depends on the place and people we find ourselves with. Everyone is different, with different ideas, backgrounds, levels of faith, and ways of seeing things.

In all these differences, it's what brings out the beauty of humanity. Getting offended can be a really sad feeling, but then it's something that we just have to expect as long as we live among ourselves. And even as people offend us, we also offend them too, and that's how we get to settle our differences and grow to love ourselves more, or others might choose to hate themselves more - our choice!

Personally, I've had a lot of misunderstandings with friends, family, colleagues, and classmates. One of the most recent misunderstandings I had was with a friend. You know, it's always more common to have misunderstandings with those you are closer with than those who are afar off, and that's basically because you both get to know more of yourselves by the day, so it's easier to notice something that you don't agree with, and that can cause either of you to have a misunderstanding.

My friend and I are quite close, and for some reason, we had planned to go home together since she was having issues with her electricity at her hostel. I was still having a class, so I had to tell her to go before me, and when I got home, I'd reach out to her so she could come to my place to charge her things. Since I also didn't have power supply the previous day, my power bank was down, so I had to give it to another friend of mine to help me charge it, and that delayed me while I was going back home. By the time I got home, I had already forgotten I was supposed to call my friend to come charge her gadgets. It took a while before I could remember, and by that time, the electricity was already gone.

I had actually left a message for her to come, just in case I forgot, but her phone was already low, so she didn't get the message when she was supposed to. When she saw it, she asked me why I didn't call her, and I had to tell her what happened, but from her response, I knew she wasn't happy with me, and I quickly had to apologize to her, and she said she was fine, that she would have called me but didn't want to disturb me. With that response, I felt a bit sad because why would she think she is disturbing me? Well, I had to tell her that it was wrong of her to think that way, but she didn't even give a reply. Since then, we haven't been talking like before, not that we are quarreling, but I guess she just wants to be left alone since she still thinks that she is disturbing me.

Recently, she messaged me, and we talked well, which made me happy that she replied to my message, and it's good to know that she wasn't really upset, just that she doesn't want to be a burden to me in any way. It was thanks to this situation that I realized that sometimes, even if people don't give a response to us, we shouldn't categorize it as nothing.

This experience taught me the importance of understanding and communication in relationships. I got to realize that misunderstandings are inevitable, but they can be resolved through open communication. Baseless assumptions and miscommunications can lead to unnecessary conflicts. Empathy and understanding are crucial in relationships and my experience also helped me understand this better. Also I know People may have different perspectives and ways of handling situations so forgiveness and apologies can help resolve issues and improve relationships.

This is my response to the #neoxianprompts; it's a pleasure having you stop by."