"Do you think you need courage to care?"

I was asking if anyone had any opinions. I guess being me, I had my fair share of opinions... Anyway, here's what I thought.
The answer is Yes. Reason? Simple.
When you care, it's a form of giving.
When you give, you are sharing a part of you and your life with someone else.
You put yourself in a vulnerable position, subjective to how the care receiver chooses to take in or accept your good will. However, this receiver is not obliged to behave in any particular way towards you.
Hence, he can appreciate your good will or at the other end of the spectrum, accuse you of having ulterior motives or may even backstab you or do other things that will hurt you.
As adults, having lived quite a number of years dealing with many types of people, we have seen quite a bit and know what we could very well get ourselves into each time we give. We are well aware of the possible outcomes and a lot of times, people do not meet up to our expectations and then it causes us to feel disappointed.
As such, people may think why should we care about others? Why give of ourselves? After all, we'll get hurt ourselves in the end. "It doesnt pay to be good," some might even say. With all knowledge of the risk involved in being vulnerable, doesn't it, then, take a whole lot of courage to face the uncertainty head on and continue to care?
Being vulnerable is something that modern society stands against very strongly. Everyone demands his or her own rights to life and what not. Everyone adopts the "I, Me, Myself" attitude and who gives a damn about anyone else? Even towards the person people claim to love, they aren't even able to put themselves vulnerable to their spouse.
Yet, the road less travelled is often the one that is tough, rocky and painful but nonetheless, it seems obvious to me that it is the road that will enrich my life.
People might hurt you, might do all things to try to steal away the zest you have for life, people might not give a hoot about what you've done for them. But I think the question to ask is, "Is that good enough a reason for you to stop doing what you've always believed in?" Some people are the sort who give and in the midst, do not expect anything in return. They give out of sheer good will and love. Does God poke fun at people too? Hmm... Well, maybe He was trying to do something with this old heart of mine. He succeeded anyway.


*abstracted by a blogger*