Your favorite ponderer is back, as always. This week's pondering dives into the department of being a nice person. I'm not saying this as a rant, but instead, I'm referring to those situations when we're nice to others. This is something that passes through my mind often, and I'm here to showcase it for my readers.
Okay, so there are times when we're nice to others, and we can be confused when that gesture isn't reciprocated. Since I'm always pondering, it seems that the thing we need to realize is that it isn't about the reciprocation. It's about the fact that you were nice because that's who you are. You weren't being nice for a payoff at the end of the day. The actual gesture is a reward because you easily could've been mean, but you were nice because that's who you are.
I consider myself to be a figure who attempts to spread positivity to all of those around me because I enjoy making others feel special. I have made some amazing friends thanks to this. It's all come to me in time, but I wouldn't be sitting here typing this if I wasn't that person. I needed to be that person to become this person, so here we are.
Anyway, the key thing to take away here is that you were nice. You were nice when so many other people wouldn't have even bothered. There's this weird urge in us that wishes certain people would see this. It's not your job to make other people see that. You see it, and you're one more person than the person who doesn't see it. It's all in how you think about things.