An acquaintance had hard feelings due to past circumstances. I understood her emotions as it was connected to a tough time. This incident gave me an opportunity to think about hard feelings and their effects on others.
With time, I'm noticing a lot about relationships these days, so much more than I noticed in the past when I was over-the-top-busy with so much going on at work and at home.
Hard feelings when expressed can be difficult to take, and especially when expressed to people who haven't traveled that path before, people with less experience in life. A long, long time ago when I was a little girl, one aunt got very upset with me and expressed hard feelings. I was confused as I didn't truly understand where her feelings were coming from. Now, looking back, it's much more clear to me, but as a little girl, there was no way I could understand that.
When we express our feelings, it's important to consider who we express those feelings to, and why? For some, it may be better to simply not share those feelings since, like me as a little girl, they won't understand them and truly shouldn't have to understand them yet either.