Stop Believing It

It's frustrating.  All the different ways we are lied to.  And sometimes we don't even know it's a lie.  And when you believe a lie, you repeat the lie.  Read, fake news.

It's everywhere.  And we all read it and believe it.  Not even the heavy stuff.  It's not even about the news articles that surface about people in power, scandals and all that other stuff.  It's not about bills that are passed or who said this or that.  Although, those are damaging as well.

It's about life.  Believe this, believe that.  Do life this way.  Do life that way.  There is not one special way.

So many people are focused on the short term.  Which is ok, you want to feel good now.  But not a whole lot of people think long term.  How will the decisions I make today effect me 10 years from now?  It's hard to know the answer to that, so many people just choose what makes them feel good now.

There's a quote that's been around for awhile by Maya Angelou, "At the end of day people won't remember what you said or did, they'll remember how you made them feel."

I'm not always good at that.  I never learned how to really build people up.  I learned how to get through each day.  It's hard when you are 34 years old and you need to learn things about life that you should have learned when you were 5.  It's hard when you need to learn these things AND teach your children these things at the same time.

And I know, it's not always about making people feel good.  But it's about keeping the best interests of others and yourself as a top priority.