"I find myself running from fate whether or not I'm hunted by circumstance"
I'm neither religous nor overly spiritual. Howeveer, I've always tried to be as good and as moral as possible. I'm no where near perfect. I have a bundle of regrets and mistakes I've made to look back on. That's why I guess it upsets me so when, as if things I have done aren't enough, things I didn't do rear their ugly head.
I recently reconnected with someone from my past. Someone I've always held in high regard despite having known them at a time where other events & feeling may have influenced (rightly or wrongly) the type of person I was around them. That I can concede. However, as if that were not enough, I come to find that this person had been told many things I had supposedly said that hurt them very much. The things that were said don't even remotely sound like something I have every said except in making fun of someone who might say them. The comments were bold faced lies, to put it plainly. However, I can't blame this person if they have trouble not holding it against me. After so many years of believing it to be true, combined with the mistakes I actually did make. I apologized whole-heartedly even for that which I didn't say, someone should. I wish there were more I could do.
It does beg the question why do people lie, spread rumours, & repeat things for which they have no foundation. In this case I am aware that the person probably had very selfish motives. There were various issues present including revenge, jealousy, & to be frank, a bit of unwellness on that person's part. However, the reasons for such actions aren't always so clear cut.
I recently reconnected with someone from my past. Someone I've always held in high regard despite having known them at a time where other events & feeling may have influenced (rightly or wrongly) the type of person I was around them. That I can concede. However, as if that were not enough, I come to find that this person had been told many things I had supposedly said that hurt them very much. The things that were said don't even remotely sound like something I have every said except in making fun of someone who might say them. The comments were bold faced lies, to put it plainly. However, I can't blame this person if they have trouble not holding it against me. After so many years of believing it to be true, combined with the mistakes I actually did make. I apologized whole-heartedly even for that which I didn't say, someone should. I wish there were more I could do.
It does beg the question why do people lie, spread rumours, & repeat things for which they have no foundation. In this case I am aware that the person probably had very selfish motives. There were various issues present including revenge, jealousy, & to be frank, a bit of unwellness on that person's part. However, the reasons for such actions aren't always so clear cut.