All I want is to build a wall and a bridge.

As I was watching my shadow earlier, I suddenly became bold with my emotions about building a wall or a bridge during challenging moments.

When I am in difficult times, I build a wall so no one can get in to hurt me more. When the time comes that I am starting to heal like I am slowly recovering, I build a bridge so I can reach out to other people or help them in a way I can.

Life is unpredictable as always, and challenging people are inevitable in life as they are the ones who lack concern, care, and compassion for others. The actions of other people toward us are beyond our control, but it is just a matter of how we handle them in reality.

Some people are kind, but others are rude and cruel. Some people are so inspiring and motivating, but there will always be people who bring us into darkness, cause us to question our worth, let us feel ugly, strive to belittle us, break our hearts with a scar, stunt our growth, and make incapable of loving us, and people who suppress others.

Have you encountered these people in life?

Despite the painful truth of being surrounded by people who bring us into the darkness, the presence of the people who light us up brings so much happiness.

Sometimes, there will be some people who cause us to question our worth as individuals, yet there are still good people who remind us of how admirable and lovable we are. Some people will make us feel ugly, but there are always those who remind us about our natural beauty inside and out.

There will be some people who strive to belittle us in our abilities, but good people will always be there to uplift, motivate, and inspire us. There will be some people who break our hearts with a scar and others who hurt us and apologize.

There will be some people who stunt our growth and others who help us be better people than yesterday. There will be people who seek to dim our lights so we can stop them from glowing because they are scared that we will outshine them. But there will be those people who will empower us to shine brighter.

There will be some people who are incapable of loving us, but others will love us unconditionally. And there will be some people who suppress us.

Difficult people are part of our life, as termites to wood or rust to metals. So let us allow them into our nerves, destroying every piece little by little. Still, we have to learn how to deal with them and accept that they are part of our lives and they cannot do anything to beat anyone and would remain as difficult people while we can grow as beautiful and confident one.

But are you going to make a wall or a bridge? I hope that we will always have care, concern, and compassion for everybody who lacks light and love in life and understand that everyone is not worthy of the rudeness and cruelty that are dominating the world.

I cannot thank enough all the people around me who may, including both compassionate and challenging people. The key is to show respect even to people who do not deserve it is a reflection of our own.

People will always try to make life difficult, but the beauty is how we discovered a new method of doing what they made tough for us. Sometimes it is advisable to stay off people who will not just make our life challenging but also stunt our progress.

I think appreciating a painful truth is similar to being grateful for reality. Sometimes we may not be satisfied with what life has to offer, just like being surrounded by difficult people, but it is a matter of appreciation with a grateful heart for their existence.

But I choose carefully who will stay and who will be distant from me. And most of all, I would always choose to be surrounded by some people who decide to bring out the best in me As they continually remind me about my authentic self.

I am always grateful for all the difficult people in my life, for they have made a dull reflection of who I do not want to become.

There may be difficult people who would throw stones at us but let us collect those stones to make a wall or a bridge where we could feel profound solitude.

We are learning to embrace difficult people in life and refine our souls. Whether we make a wall or a bridge, what greatly matters is the ability to handle every painful situation with humility and show respect even to people who do not deserve it.

Disclaimer: All texts and pictures are my own unless otherwise stated.