By Keith | Published: Wednesday, February 10, 2010
I know there’s a wonderful person in you that I was allowed to see glimpses of, but ultimately was not mine to experience. I hope you learn to show more and more of this part of you to the men who love you in the future and to all of the people you meet. If you do, you’ll have a tremendous impact on many very fortunate people.
There is good in all of the people I’ve met. In all of the people who’ve ever hurt me. This I know. I try my absolute hardest not to be heartless, I do. But I have deep fears that what that means is that my whole life I will be steamrolled by the people who don’t have heart enough for me.
I say all this, of course, and quote this penultimate paragraph of the final email that I caved and decided to send her today. But if you read the rest of the email—fully nine paragraphs—berating her for her treatment of me, you might begin to think otherwise.
I should learn when to just leave it well enough alone, I guess. I’m picking these lessons up as I go, I promise you.
Thesis Statement
There is good in all of the people I’ve met. In all of the people who’ve ever hurt me. This I know. I try my absolute hardest not to be heartless, I do. But I have deep fears that what that means is that my whole life I will be steamrolled by the people who don’t have heart enough for me.
I say all this, of course, and quote this penultimate paragraph of the final email that I caved and decided to send her today. But if you read the rest of the email—fully nine paragraphs—berating her for her treatment of me, you might begin to think otherwise.
I should learn when to just leave it well enough alone, I guess. I’m picking these lessons up as I go, I promise you.