Hey, Guess What?

The beauty of people is that we're all different. I think that I'm better than most people out there at accepting people for what/who they are and seeing the inherent beauty in every human being. The thing is? That's a challenge with some people more than others. I've mentally beaten myself up at every turn for not being a 100% success in my endeavors to rise above. The thing is? I just didn't get it back then, and, by "back then", I'm referring to as far back as yesterday. Anyhow... I've known this for a while, but it's been made even more clear here recently. Are you ready? I mean, this is some heavy shit, but, guess what? We don't all have to like one another.

Is that a shocker? You know, we don't. We do not all have to like one another. Just because you liked me does not obligate me to like you. Just because I like you, in turn, that does not obligate you to like me. We don't have to like all the same people, we don't have to do all the same things or go all the same places or know all the same people. Period.

The thing is? I refuse to spend another moment feeling guilty for the fact that there are just some people I do not like. When I feel guilty, I try to overcome how I feel. When I do that, I only end up resenting whomever I dislike even more, and I end up resenting myself because I can't overcome something when I'm one of the best overcomers I know. A lot of things, in my opinion, are not worth agonizing over, and someone I do not like is one of those things.

"If I could be like that..."

I'm tired.

those two words encompass it all. there isn't much I'm not tired of.