The Rule of Thumb: Integrity Above All
Every experience carries a hidden blessing. A rejection saves years of wasted effort, betrayal revealed before children spares deeper pain, a toxic partner exposed before marriage prevents lifelong suffering, a breakup halts abuse before it escalates, and humiliation before commitment teaches resilience. These are all blessings in disguise when the end.
It is far better to stand alone than to compromise your soul for someone who isn’t right for you. If people leave, let them. If they cheat, let them. Don’t waste your energy on vengeance or destructive thoughts, evil gains nothing. What you do to others, you ultimately do to yourself. Choosing yourself is enough; no one else needs to validate your worth as long as you’ve acted with integrity.
Growth requires deep inner work and personal transformation. If someone thinks your empathy was foolish, let them. If they see your kindness as weakness, let them. If they believe someone else is better, let them, not because you are lesser, but because they know who suits them and what they deserve.
Weak people cannot handle honesty; it unsettles them. Truth makes them panic. They thrive by draining the energy of others, by being sadistic, by toying with emotions. Your honesty shakes them because it exposes how small they are and strips away their control. And people hate losing control.
Let them feel what they feel. This universe has its own law: Vidhiyai maatra mudiyathu, destiny cannot be altered.
The rule of thumb is simple: *I did the right thing, I moved with the right intentions, and I tried, genuinely. That alone matters.*
We cannot fix hollow people, nor can we shield them from their own emptiness. Evil exists in this world, and it is not our duty to cure it. Accept people as they are. Healing is a personal journey, one we can accompany if invited, but never walk on their behalf.
Some may resent you because your honesty exposes their weakness. Truth can shame those who lack empathy, guilt, or remorse. They know how you feel, and they choose indifference. That choice belongs to them.
Your task is to endure the pain and embrace life. Your value is never defined by the unkind. Accountability requires maturity, and not everyone possesses it. If your honesty unsettles others, that is not your fault. Create closure for yourself without waiting for them, your peace does not depend on their participation.
Malicious intent is never rooted in good, while mistakes made unintentionally can be corrected. Our trauma belongs to us, it should not be used to punish or harm innocent people. Bad intentions can never be justified.
Do not be deceived by those who claim, “I became a different person because of my pain.” Yes, pain can teach lessons and help us break recurring patterns of mistakes, but it rarely changes a person’s core character. If you are good at heart, you do not suddenly become cruel because of hardship. You may grow more cautious, set stronger boundaries, or even appear colder to protect yourself, but you do not start deliberately harming others without reason. To claim otherwise is immature, often dishonest.
Distance from self-absorbed individuals is always healthy. Do not waste your energy trying to help those who seek only to damage others and who lack basic human decency.
Credit: Original write up, refined by CoPilot, Image by Gemini AI

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