Placing Faith in Humanity

If there's one thing that annoys the dear most about me is, the invariable faith I place in humans. The day I decided to walked out of my ex husband's life, I also promised him that I will not use the children to punish him for what wrong he's done to me. And despite the dear and me are at constant loggerheads due to this matter, I stood by my ground, even though I know it left the dear to think less of me and very much frustrated indeed. So the kids were available for the ex anytime, any day...and any amount of time given that he wanted to spend with them.

11 years later, suffice to say, my perseverance paid off. You see many divorced couple holding the kids back to punish whatever sins the other party might have commit. I can tell you from my own personal experience, it doesn't do Jack Shit!!! In fact..the only person you'll be hurting is that child who's caught in between the battle of two adults.

I don't know if it's near death experience or because the ex finally sees me for who I am, things between us are very much bearable these days. Understand from a reliable source that he was admitted to the hospital for several days, but I never knew what he's in for. All I know is..he's a change man these days. I certainly hope it's not the near death experience that finally changed him. It'd be a pity if it takes something tragic such as 'death', to wake a person up and change for the better.

Smile first before you expect someone to smile back at you. (Although I do not practice this as I truly believe it's such a lame thing to do) But I do believe in this; Do something good to others first, before you can expect a good deed done to you. It might take 11 years to finally see the fruit of your labour, still...it's worth the wait I say :D