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It's been a little while since I've written. Not that I had nothing to say, more like I had nothing I felt like talking about...
I witnessed something happen with a couple of my friends recently that I have been thinking about. It's not my place to say this to them because it has nothing to do with me, but I feel like I'm gonna explode so I'll vent here-
Why do people take themselves so seriously? Why do some people feel the need to lie and sell out even their closest friends? It's sad really, because a person's closest friends know them pretty well and when they lie, they're only fooling themselves. Sure, their friends might make it seem like they believe the lies, but they're laughing at that person behind their back. And whose fault is that? The person laughing at their friend or the one who showed such a small ammount of respect for their friend by lying to them?
I say, don't condem these people, because they have already condemned themselves to a life of insecurity and relentless unhappiness. They never truly trust anyone else, because they believe the rest of the world is as untrustworthy as they themselves are. Eventually, the people closest to them will all turn their backs, one by one... nobody wants to be around a person like that, nobody wants to be drug down to that level.
Integrity is doing the right thing, though nobody would ever know otherwise, simply because it is the right thing. Honor is always being true to yourself and the people that you interact with. Both of these attributes define a person's life and set the course for them to follow. You, my friend, are headed down a long and lonely road.
Benji
I witnessed something happen with a couple of my friends recently that I have been thinking about. It's not my place to say this to them because it has nothing to do with me, but I feel like I'm gonna explode so I'll vent here-
Why do people take themselves so seriously? Why do some people feel the need to lie and sell out even their closest friends? It's sad really, because a person's closest friends know them pretty well and when they lie, they're only fooling themselves. Sure, their friends might make it seem like they believe the lies, but they're laughing at that person behind their back. And whose fault is that? The person laughing at their friend or the one who showed such a small ammount of respect for their friend by lying to them?
I say, don't condem these people, because they have already condemned themselves to a life of insecurity and relentless unhappiness. They never truly trust anyone else, because they believe the rest of the world is as untrustworthy as they themselves are. Eventually, the people closest to them will all turn their backs, one by one... nobody wants to be around a person like that, nobody wants to be drug down to that level.
Integrity is doing the right thing, though nobody would ever know otherwise, simply because it is the right thing. Honor is always being true to yourself and the people that you interact with. Both of these attributes define a person's life and set the course for them to follow. You, my friend, are headed down a long and lonely road.
Benji