I am a firm believer in “treat others the way YOU want to be treated.” It is something we have probably been told ever since we learned to walk. However, some people don’t understand the meaning of that phrase; well, here is my meaning to it.
Say hypothetically, you did something horrible to a person who really loved and cared about you, whether you cheated on them, treated them horribly or any of the above. Then you tell them they shouldn’t act the way they do toward you, which means then they should do the SAME thing to you.
Another hypothetical scenario is one that a bunch of people also agree with, say someone kills someone in your family, or one of your very close friends and all that person gets is jail time or a slap on the wrist. Wrong. You should do the same thing to that person as they did to your family and/or friend.
Now, although I have given you two examples of the negative side, why don’t I give you some from the positive side as well, especially since those happen more often?
If you give someone flowers, whether it is your girlfriend, best friend, family member, whatever, you should really make it up to that person. It is a kind gesture that this person is doing for you and in reality, you should also be doing the same thing, especially if they just did it out of the kindness of their heart.
To add to the hypothetical scenarios, if someone goes out of their way to go and see you, whether you haven’t seen them in an hour or 20 days, you should at least give them the time of day to visit. But along with that, if that person is willing to visit you, you should also find the time to go and visit them.
That phrase doesn’t mean that you get to pick and choose whether you want to be nice to people or not. If you live by that quote and do the complete opposite, you are lying to yourself. Especially if you are one of those people who does the absolute worst to someone and they’re still willing to give you a second chance, you’re the one who needs to change.
