MEMBER: Betty

What do you do when in a world full of takers, you're the giver. The one who is available 24/7 for anyone. When do you finally say enough is enough? I've always been taught that you're supposed to give unconditionally and expect nothing in return. When you do someone a favor, you do it because you care for that person and not because you expect something in return. But it's hard for me to not feel disappointed when I feel that someone I would do anything for, wouldn't do the same for me.

It truly amazes me that there is no cure for the common cold! It's something that’s so minor but a huge nuisance. It's highly contagious, keeps coming back, and seems to interrupt every aspect of your life.

I’ve always had a hard time understanding the concept of a soulmate and I have yet to find someone who understands it well enough to explain it to me. Maybe that's because the answer is left up to each individual's interpretation but I still continue to ask in hopes that maybe something will click! My real question is do soulmates really exist? Is the there really someone out there that holds the other half to our soul? Are we incomplete without that other half?

About six months ago, my girlfriend Jen called my phone crying hysterically. She had just broken up with her boyfriend of five years and was devastated. I rushed to her house to try and console her. For two hours she cried non-stop as I held her, taking breaks to get more tissue. After she was done crying and venting I started to speak. I told her how beautiful she was and how he was losing out by not being with her. I told her that soon she would meet a man who would treat her the way she deserved to be treated. I told her everything that she needed to hear to begin the healing process.

This is something that most people find very hard to remember but for some reason I recall it so distinctly.