Don't Be Afraid To Show People You Care

I remember a time when I used to wait to send a reply to a text message based on how long it took them to reply to me. If they took five minutes to reply, I would take six. Later I began to question why I did that. Why I was wasting my time tip-toeing around people? I was afraid to show people I cared. I wanted to come off as a busy person but instead, all I was doing was wasting time. Why should I be afraid to be eager and show people that I want to talk to them? Why did I think it was wrong for me to care about people?

For a long time, I've always been afraid that people don't like me. I used to be so scared that no one liked me that I didn't want to show anyone I liked that I liked about them in fear of being embarrassed if they didn't like me. However, I just don't care anymore. I don't care about hiding my affection for people. I will text people within two seconds of getting their text even if it took them twenty minutes to reply. None of those stupid things bug me anymore because they never should have bugged me in the first place. It doesn't matter how long it takes someone to reply as long as they reply. Even if you text someone and they don't reply at least you showed an interest in them and showed them you cared instead of just waiting around for them to text you. You should never be afraid to show someone that you care because everyone wants to feel like people care about them.