Your Pain is Mine: How Loving Someone Means Reflecting Their Emotions
One of the telltale signs of truly loving someone is sharing their emotions, whether that's happiness, excitement, anger, or grief. When you love someone, you can't help but reflect their feelings back to them. You get sad when they're sad, joyful when they are. It's a sign that you care. After all, how can you remain feeling neutral when the person you care about is going through an emotional storm? I've seen this happen to me so many times, especially with my closest family members and closest friends. I remember calling my mama (who is really my tita from my mom's side) one night while I was going through the peak of the pain of losing my 4-year relationship. My face was wet with tears, my eyes swollen from sleepless nights and hours of bawling. "Oh, bakit?" she asked, her face struck with worry. I told her. She told me everything's going to be alright in a shaky voice, her eyes damping fast. She shared my grief. Naturally, because she loves me...