Sometimes People Can Surprise You

Isn't it amazing how wrong you can be about a person? Or people? I have faith in people. More so than in myself. So, therefore, I always try to give everyone the benefit of the doubt, I look for the good in everybody. And more often than not, I get let down. It's my nature, I wish I could change it. I hate being made a fool of. Especially when it's because you gave someone a chance, even when everyone warns you not to, and I tend to give out too many of them.

Whatever happened to good old fashioned honesty? Why is everything all just lies and gossip now? Starting rumors and talking shit can really hurt someone. Especially when you have no idea what the person you're talking about is going through. Their world could be crashing in on them and they could just be looking for an escape. Someone who can bring new perspective and experience into their lives. So they took a chance on you being that person. And what do you know. You make everything worse. At what point do you know if someone truly cares about you? If they're just using you and making a joke out of you? It's been said that the good guys lie to get in your heart and the bad guys lie to get in your bed. Well where are the people that don't lie at all? And when will you come across that person that gives you hope that there are those good people out there?

The most beautiful people we have known are those who have known defeat, known suffering, known struggle, known loss, and have found their way out of their depths. These people have an appreciation, a sensitivity, and an understanding of life that fills them with compassion, gentleness, and a deep, loving concern. Beautiful people do not just happen, they are created by their strength and motivation to keep going, even when everything they've been through in life has given them a reason not to. Sometimes life, and people, kick you around. But sooner or later you realize you're not just a survivor, you're a warrior. And you're stronger than anything life throws your way.

So I'll just keep on smiling, because no one said this would be easy.