~ What Gives You the Right? ~

                

I often wonder what makes people think they don't have to follow the rules.  What gives them the right to lie, steal, harass, and bend the rules to fit their needs?  Why is it they feel their sadness, sorrow, or past gives them a free pass?  'Rules are meant to be broken' doesn't always apply.  I'm pretty sick of people who think their need to be 'top dog' outweighs everything else.  No one else matters, no one else has feelings, or is being inconvenienced by their actions.  People should not have to conform themselves because someone else feels the world owes them.  I'm really sorry everyone's life isn't full of cheer and roses.  Mine isn't either.  I don't go around lying and stretching the truth to make myself feel better.  I am me.  I don't expect anyone to drop what they are doing to take care of my needs.  I sure as hell don't blame others for my actions.  I stand up for myself, admit when I'm wrong, and correct the mistakes I can.  I do not lock myself in a miserable place only to drag others with me.   Life is what you make it.  Friends are friends because they enjoy your company, have a belief, trust you without strings attached, not because they are forced.  Not because they owe you, or because the world owes you.  Relax, follow the rules, enjoy the company of people, and most of all be yourself.  Don't put yourself in a prison and expect people to join you.  Try to force them to join you.  Life is what you make it.  Your surroundings are what you make.  If you're unhappy change it.  Life is about risks, about change, about learning from mistakes and growing, not blaming others for shortcomings and thinking you are owed something.  Dare to try, dare to change, try it I bet you find some happiness.