“And the tree was happy… but not really” the concept of this story has always annoyed me. The boy loves the tree and treats her well the first little bit of their life together and then he only comes back to use her, until she has nothing left to give him. I wish I could say that this has only happened in this book, but I know it has happened to almost everyone. The other day I was with my friend and the guy she’s been in a situationship with for the past three years. I sat in the back and just listened to them. It really broke my heart to hear the little manipulative things he said to her in the hour I was with them. It made me think of this.
With both my friend and the tree they weren’t loved consistently. Yes it’s amazing when the person your with is nice to you one day, but in reality it should be always. You should always be in the back of their head. You should be the one that makes them excited. You should be the one that’s always motivating them to try to be their best around. And when that person is your priority and you’re not there’s it’s heartbreaking.
Be the priority. And if you can’t: drop them. Find someone that will treat you the way you should be treated. Hell find yourself! Find out what makes you happy. Love yourself before you find a person. You can always consistently love yourself. It might be hard, I know it is I’m trying to, but it’ll save you unnecessary heartbreak.
Rodrick Heffley 