I don’t give up on people – The American Israelite Newspaper

I don’t give up on people – The American Israelite Newspaper

I don’t give up on people. Or friendship. I think:  If only I try harder, she will like me.  If I just interact with her in a caring way, the caring will be reciprocated. I take one of her rare positive reactions as a jumping-off point signifying the beginning of a new chapter for our relationship — one of acceptance and mutual affection. And I am always caught off guard when her baseline of indifference and low-level animosity returns in full f…