There was an elderly lady along with her grandchild who had gone to a zoo. The young boy had freckles on his face, those little dots scattered all over his body. One boy at the zoo remarked, "Oh, look at this guy. Does he even need to go to see a leopard or a zebra?"
The seven-year-old boy was deeply hurt. His grandma knelt down, held his face in her palms, and said, "You know what, darling? The most beautiful thing God created in the world is freckles."
The boy looked at his grandma and replied, "No, grandma. There's something more beautiful than what God created than freckles."
"What is it?" asked the grandma.
He answered, "Wrinkles."
He said wrinkles because when you value someone for their freckles, they value you for your wrinkles. When you seek respect for your wrinkles while appreciating their freckles, you earn respect for your wrinkles. Only when we give do we receive in return.
Therefore, it's not about feeling important or making demands. The world operates like an echo; it comes back to us. Relationships are not about taking; relationships are about giving. When you give, you start realizing that what you wanted from them is coming back to you.