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Bloody true.

People, given the nature they have, long for a companion who will be there with them when the rain is too strong to cover the sky and let the sun show even a thin line of ray. Sometimes someone comes along and seems to offer an umbrella to shelter. Because man is tired and weak, he wants to yield and seek comfort. But some people have too much fidelity that they cannot or could hardly allow someone else to do so. The reason? They want someone else to be there. Too bad for them, it does not always happen.

Most of the time, the people we long for comfort are the ones who are either out of reach or simply people who have nothing to do with us. It is none of their business if we suffer, stumble, and fall. Those who are out of reach may do care, but they are too busy to empathize or even sympathize.

Because of such situation, some people give in to those who just happened to pass by and see them in their troubled state. Most of the time, these people who just passed by happen to be people who really do care.

Comfort may have been given, but it is like a plastic or disposable bandage a.k.a. band-aid. The relief does not have a long term effect because what those who have suffered really want is not the treatment offered. What they want is someone in particular who, even if does nothing, will be there for them.

This reminds me of a SMS (quote) forwarded to me. It goes like this. “…You were just not there when I was falling.”