Unbidden, Unwelcome, Yet unable to resist, I entered a stranger's life

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There are two kinds of people in the world. There are those who want to be welcomed, and those who want to be unbidden. The people who wish to be welcomed are people who give you things. They give you books, flowers, gifts, cards.

Those who want to be unwelcomed are people who do not need anything from anyone. They don't offer anything either; they just live their lives. If you enter their life, you become unwanted.

But if you enter their life unwillingly, you can never escape. The best way to avoid unwelcome situations is to stay away from people like that. The best way to avoid them entirely is to never know them at all.

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