Apathy

apathy n. lack of interest. INDIFFERENCE.

Sometimes, no matter how we show other people how much we care for and even love them, they would see it in a different light.

I remember an old friend told that sometimes we have so much love to give that we just give it to anyone. Even if they are unworthy of it. And there was this time when I attended mass and the priest delivered a homily about a fist and a palm.

He asked us to clench our hands into a fist. No matter what you do to that clenched hand, it won't get hurt but no one can hold it either. Then he asked us to slowly open our hand for others to be able to hold them. A cleched hand can never be comforted or comfort. But an open hand can easily do both. The risk is, an open hand can also get hurt easily.

It's like life. Close your life and you won't get hurt. Open it to others, yes you'll get hurt -- it's inevitable -- but it's also fulfilling, to be able to use it to touch other people's life.

So no matter how much I get hurt. I can never be apathetic. Even if others already are.