Priority

"Never allow someone to be your priority while allowing yourself to be their option." --Mark Twain

I can't say I particularly like much of that man's writing. But damn, that quote is completely right. And of course I'm paying it no heed.

Oops.

I do things like this rather often it seems. And maybe I care about people too much. But oh well, it happens.

I've said it before, and I'll repeat the exact phrase: I knew what I was getting into.

Believe me, I knew. And I still do.

So yeah, I'm an idiot for not following the advice given in that quote. I know that. I don't care. Not about being an idiot in that regard at least.

What I do care about though, is people. And what I don't care about half as much is whether or not they care about me. Not trying to be altruistic or any such nonsense here, just the way it is. Just the way I live my life, I guess.