-I need someone i can matter to.-You matter to me, completely.
-It's hard to be around someone who gives so much and needs so little in return.
-I have enormous needs.
-Well, i can't see them, neither can Lee or Holly.
Quoting from "Hannah and her sisters".
I watched Woody Allen's film tonight. For some reason this conversation made its way deep into me. Hannah is being blamed for being too giving...
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Yeah, honey, that "unbearable lightness of being",,, and this is not what happens to every revolution, but this is what happens to totalitarian regimes, everywhere!
and, there's nothing special to worry about, just unbearable...
Ha Ha Ha! Is there an eccho in this room?! Just the other day, I was told that I am "too giving," and "too perfect," never appearing to be needing anything, making it hard for my friends to reciprocate! Can you believe I replied "I have enormous needs?!" This is really funny in a surreal way!
Just because we give, does it mean we don't need? Why is it that what my friends and family need never has to be spelled out for me? How do I know what they need? Would it be possible for them to use the same mechanism to also respond to my needs? It isn't just "giving" Jeerjeerak Jan. It is "caring enough to see the whole of the other person, including their needs."
It's not that I don't "need," it is that I don't "expect." Those are two differnt things. That's what I think. Love you girl.
This is interesting. I actually read something recently that is somehow related. It is about how we should let people help us. In his own words, "good givers are those who learn to receive with grace as well".
You can read it here
I watched it couple of years ago. I still remember that conversation. Good movie!
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