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Can not cry what has Never Loved: The Importance of Bonds
Many times we have ended friendships, relationships or we learn that a distant family member or someone's acquaintances died, such as a neighbor, and we don’t feel pain or cause us any feeling of sadness.
Some people may see us as insensitive beings, and we don’t have feelings. We can even acquire the reputation of being cold, but this is not always the case.
The key to whether something affects us or not lies in the link we have to that person or thing. You can’t feel sorry for what we don’t love, and therefore no bond or bond binds us to that person or object.
Some people stay for years in sentimental relationships that are not satisfactory, for fear of feeling alone or not finding a partner with whom they are more compatible and truly feel something genuine; but with the person they are currently, they do not feel love; more than an appreciation or affection, but it is not a deep bond.
It also happens when a family member with whom we had no deal dies; everyone may be mourning his loss at the funeral, except us, because we had no connection with the deceased.
Another example we can give of this is with absent parents. Some do not love their parents because they never saw us or abandoned us at a very young age, leaving them with other…