The constant lesson presented to me is that people are going to do what they are going to do and act the way they are going to act. All I can do is mind my own business. MY own business. One of my teachers said that all the time. It still rings true. I have found myself contemplating for too many hours, stating facts, opinions and setting my moral standards in business and in life only to see people do the exact opposite of contemplate their intentions. It’s frustrating. When I see it I can not ignore it. It festers and consumes my thoughts until I make sense of the reasons. What I seem to forget is people have their own agenda. Most of the time people just want to do something amazing, something memorable, yet it becomes clouded and people will go down some dark, insensitive, dishonest roads to make their way. Most of the time my encounters are full of amazing people and other times I sense, see and experience the deceitful and slimy. Some can ignore it. I wish I could, I really do because then I could spend less time attempting to figure out the underlying motives people have in order to make themselves seen. I have watched people walk away and have the complete ability to cut people off and say, “not my problem.” I have seen the most unexpected people do things I do not understand. Sometimes I wish I had the ability to be cut throat. That’s not a damsel in distress or attempting to make myself sound like a fragile flower at all!! However, it takes way too much effort for me to stay silent when all I want to do is call out the bullshit. It’s exhausting. What I have found is that doing the right thing and doing right by others takes effort! It takes heart! Being an honorable human has somehow become more difficult when you watch people lying to others in all they do. The takers! We are meant to learn when to give and when to receive. Even the most giving of people can become the most wreched of takers. What’s the point of doing right when so many are willing to do the opposite and disregard others? My conclusion is I have been surrounded by so many amazing hearts and just when I feel like what I offer in life does not matter there will be someone or something that makes me remember to keep fighting the good fight with principles and heart. As usual I can not control the actions of others. I can only change my reaction to it. Most of the time that means suppressing so many things in order to keep my eyes on the road. Maybe the lesson is being presented so I will say it all….? Some may say it’s drama…I say the ones who call the truth drama are the ones who are living the lie.