The Fine Line

There is a saying, "the fine line makes a huge difference." Come to think of it, it truly does. How often do we engage in an action based on good intentions but it turns out to be the other way round? How frequent do we have parents who worry about their children's future, so much so that they make every single decision for them, not giving them the autonomy to make mistakes and grow? It is easy to say things like "I'm doing this for your own good", "You know I love you" and et cetera. The thing is, how are the actions being interpreted by recipients in the name of love and care? It certainly varies, because it comes down to whether we have crossed that very fine line. Anything in excess would simply lead to catastrophe. How? A pinch of salt adds flavor to a dish, but a bowl of salt in a dish gives us kidney failure. Moderate level of love gives us the feeling of being loved, but too much love gives us suffocation. That's the fine line. Every individual has unique fine line to almost everything. Though we are consciously (at times may be unconsciously) making judgments and decisions, the fine line is not visible to us, until we see the consequences to our actions, be it in the name of love or vengeance. A lot of the times we are aware of the fine line from our perspectives, but not from the others'. That is just something by nature. After all, we can feel what we feel and know what we think; but we can't necessarily do the same for others. Still, having the awareness of fine line is better than none.