If You Can Only Be One of 2 People, Be Too Lazy to Lie
You have two basic choices in life:
- You can be a "people pleaser", giving everyone everything (they think) they want and hoping you don't get your stories mixed up or called out in process (which is bound to happen)
- You can be "take-me-as-I-am" honest, rolling with the punches and accepting that not everyone is meant to be your fan (which is also bound to happen)
Either way, you're going to get into the shit from time to time.
Either way, you're going to find out things weren't what you anticipated/hoped/were told they were.
Either way, what's meant to be will be - no matter how hard you try to change it. I don't mean you can't influence your path in life. I mean some things are beyond your control. The quicker you can accept that truth; the quicker you can really appreciate what you have and push forward.
Me? I'm too lazy to lie.
Keeping track of the stories takes too much. If I'm honest, and that's what I said or did - then, well, I guess that's what I meant. I'm willing to accept the rewards or consequences of my actions, admit my mistakes as they come, and move on with it.
Oh, and by not being a "people pleaser," I'm not advocating selfish disregard for your neighbor. Humility, grace, and doing for others are all important. I'm just saying don't be someone else's doormat for the sake of feeling like you "belong."
The honest path is harder, but the rewards are awesomer, too.
It's the path to real friendship and success. It's the way learn to face failure & uncertainty head on and GROW FROM IT. And it gets (a little) easier every day you put your heart and soul into it.
The best opportunities. The best Love. The best warm fuzzy happy bunny feeling...
The best everythings in Life come when you push on and stay true.
