{"id":400,"date":"2008-09-25T14:00:00","date_gmt":"2008-09-25T19:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/sprajan.wordpress.com\/2008\/09\/25\/baffled\/"},"modified":"2010-05-05T20:18:14","modified_gmt":"2010-05-06T01:18:14","slug":"baffled","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ourowncorner.com\/poohsden\/baffled\/","title":{"rendered":"Baffled"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The post below will probably not make sense to you. So do skip it. I just needed to get it out.<\/p>\n<p>********<\/p>\n<p>I am plain baffled by how human nature and concepts about  loyalty, and expectations vary. I just cannot believe I totally misunderstood\/misjudged someone. My intuition I trust so much let me down. I admit I had apprehensions but I squashed them because I did not want to have a closed mind. Over a period of time, I even convinced myself that my intuition told me something else. I refused to accept the truth in front of me for ages, I gave excuses for me and others involved. I finally got the required guts to admit it was in vain and I just kept fooling myself to save heartache. I was leaping over broken bridges hoping they could be mended. But it was an illusion. I have quit making excuses. I am ready for closure. Closure means raking up the past, experience the bitter-sweet feeling of nostalgia seep through me, say goodbye and then think of the next move. There is definitely a next move because I can run but not hide. And it is time I learned some lessons out of this incident. As humans, we are flawed but then is it reasonable to point fingers to justify one&#8217;s actions I wonder.<\/p>\n<p>It hurts coz I lose a lot. I hate to make my happy memories bitter-sweet. I hate to close the door but I do need to do it for my peace of mind. I know I cannot get peace for the longed time coz it is bound to go around.<\/p>\n<p>I am baffled by human nature and more so by my actions and reactions.<\/p>\n<p>Sent via BlackBerry from T-Mobile<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The post below will probably not make sense to you. So do skip it. I just needed to get it out. ******** I am plain baffled by how human nature and concepts about loyalty, and expectations vary. I just cannot believe I totally misunderstood\/misjudged someone. My intuition I trust so much let me down. I admit I had apprehensions but I squashed them because I did not want to have a closed mind. Over a period of time, I even convinced myself that my intuition told me something else. I refused to accept the truth in front of me for ages, I gave excuses for me and others involved. I finally got the required guts to admit it was in vain and I just kept fooling myself to save heartache. 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