Never "Never" and Never "Always"

Something that I'm still bitter about and need to get it off my chest cos I never really got to address it. And its always better out than in, so here goes;

Remember "The American Tale" by Walt Disney? Probably not for those who are younger. That movie was likely the first one that I watched when I was young. You might not have seen the movie but I bet many have heard the song "Somewhere Out There" One other song that I remembered was one where the pigeon was telling the mouse to Never Say Never, the idea was to tell the mouse not to give up.

However, it is also about not using absolute words such as "never". Words like that leaves no space for hope, allows no room for improvement, creates no route to turn around, and provides no reason to try.

Same goes for words like "always". Last week, a friend was interested in something that I was doing, so I asked him to come along. He didn't want to and asked me to plan for something above of what I was already doing, so I did. He asked for my plans to motivate him, so I tried. And when it seems that the plans I made included benefits for myself, he said that I was ALWAYS thinking of myself.

I resent that. Why? Cos it is not true and it hurts.