"STOP! Just s.t.o.p talking. It'll be better for both of us."

The inner dialogue I have with myself begins in anger and frustraion then slowly ebbs into a plea of defeat.

It's not that I expect everyone to be perfect or excel in this area - all I want is for people to think before they speak and before they make false/rash promises. Maybe they do it because it makes them feel better. Maybe they've been conditioned to respond in certain ways to certain scenarios, like Chandler when he says, "it's been fun, we should do this again sometime", to a date he has absolutely no intention of ever seeing again.

I don't know what the reason is but I ask you to STOP talking and think about the weight of what your words imply. You  may be able to continue doing this with other individuals in your life but it won't hold up well with me.

You see, unfortunaly for you, I am very sensitive and I have this uncanny ability to hope - even when everything seems lost, desparing, pointless, etc. - I still somehow see a glimmer of hope and hold onto it with all that I have. So when you give me a reason to, I will, and it hurts so much when there's no follow-up.

My true hope in this life resides with my savior, Jesus Christ, and yet I live with fellow brothers and sisters who impact my life in innumerable ways.

"Little children, let us not love with word or with tongue, but in deed and truth." - 1 John 3:18