Evaluation

If you have something to say. Say it. Don't him and haw. Don't wait until it's too late. Don't try and save something that cannot be salvaged.

Do try and be considerate, intelligent and honest. Do take into consideration the fact that beliefs are better discussed, not pushed.... and never imply, in the slightest of terms in attitude or words, that someone is somehow less than you for having a different set of beliefs.

This weekend is culminating the collection of my thoughts that really began taking shape shortly after the New Year. There are people in my life that are positive, growing forces and those that are not such. Not being part of that force does not instantly make for a negative force, perhaps it is neutral. I've been looking at the people in my life very closely. The truth is that I've always had quality friends. I've sought that out in creating my own "family."

But people change. People grow. People remain content. "People are people so why should it be, you and I should get along so awfully?" (DMODE) The snickering behind my back regarding drug usage has finally reached the end of the line for me. Assumptions in the absence of facts.... a strange thing for me to comment on. I use my gut instincts to read people and their motives. I trust this instinct implicitly. However, I cannot use these instincts until I have evidence to support them. Something factual has to be produced in order for them to have any validity.

There seems to be a general belief among those who are without facts in my life that I am on a downward spiral; that I am unhappy with life to such an extent that I've decided to throw my life away. I wonder how much happier these people are than I am. I see us all in very similar boats. One difference I can readily see is that I do not place value on making money or in seeing success as being related to how much money one has.

We each have our own path in life. We each walk in our own shoes.

I love you guys, but I will not stop growing in my own life, in my own way.

j.r.me