Today was a busy day, but for some reason I couldn't not think about some of the people I've known from college, especially now that I'm going back for my advanced degree. I doubt I'll run into the same characters again; the people who severely angered me, the people who betrayed my trust enough to change my entire psyche, the people who micromanaged every aspect of life because they were afraid someone would find out they were incompetent, the people who can't spend a solitary moment just being still because then they would realize they were frauds...
People need to be well rounded, to do things they enjoy, to be alone, to be quiet, to be engaged, to be active...Life is not meant to be one night on the town after another filled with mindless jokes and guffaws of laughter that no one will remember in two weeks time.
I decided to Google a few of the people that I knew like this, the synthetic Stephanie, the micro-managing Matt, the apostate Andrew, and the bible-thumping Brittanie... AND... guess what?
Eh. Still the same.
Do people ever really change, heart and soul, for the better (or the worse?)
Sometimes, and these are few and far apart, I question myself and how I reacted to these people that treated me so awfully in any opinion. I think people have to do that, to go back and reconsider how they would act now (as they have grown) to past situations. In thinking back I would only change 1 thing.
I would have cut them off sooner before they damaged me so.
I hold no regrets for these people, and I believe that everyone has people they encounter and bring into their lives where the two just don't mix (or create an explosion!) You gotta hold onto what's right, and get rid of what is wrong as fast as possible...to save yourself and yourself alone.