Conversations with you: Elastic Hearts

Ever heard of something called a sacrifice? I am like the kid who tops this subject with a distinction and a fake gold coloured medal dangling around my neck. The funny thing is, although people who aren't used to this phenomenon in their lives will not completely understand; those who are swim around familiar waters as me would know - sacrificing becomes a second nature to us. 

It's strange to think of at first, to have to let go a part of you every day till you become what is expected of you and the reason you are doing it for. It imbibes itself within us, seeking opportunities to sweep over and take control of us, and yet, making us abdicate another part of ourselves. We do it everyday; we do it unintentionally. We are unaware that we are doing it, and have different names for it.
The most common form of sacrifice is in love. When we give up our expectations of our beloved and love them for who they are. This can be difficult at first, having your desires unfulfilled might leave you with a huge void in your life. There comes a day though, that you realize that you would have to sacrifice that part of your dreams and desires to make new ones- the ones which your beloved dreams of.
Not just lovers, same is the case for family and friends. Anybody who loves you unconditionally, parents being the greatest example of all, are people who have sacrificed a part of them for you. They always put you before themselves, and that, takes a lot of courage, faith and love.
Most often, this kind of love goes unrequited or more appropriately - unappreciated. We tend to take things for granted, failing to understand the worth of such a feeling and person. It is very important to reciprocate. If not reciprocate in exactly the same amounts, but at least once in a while doing something for them that makes them feel loved.

A person can only go so long as their will goes, after then its only the fuel of love which can keep them going. Its a part of motivating them. Appreciation is very necessary in any form of relationship. It makes the other person feel that they mean something to you.
However, strangely so, a person who is sacrificial... or rather submissive to the powers of their love, keep going even if they are uncared and unattended. It's queer, they feel disappointed, dejected and demoralized but somehow their hearts are elastic enough to make them stretch and do that extra bit for you that nobody else would. It's like living someone else's life, as if you are them and in their every happiness and downfalls lies your's. It is very tiring and haunting, the very thought that someone should lead such a life. Be so attached to a person that they sacrifice themselves. Only those who's hearts are elastic would understand. For those who get the love, it's hard to comprehend the effort that is required.
Appreciate everything everyone does for you, for you might never know, they might have elastic hearts.