I am naive. I always have been. I had a very hard time when I left the suburbs of Pittsburgh getting rid of a lot of my bad habits. But I never stopped being naive. The sad part is it is a knowing type of naive. The type of naive where you know you are being naive, but a part of you just hopes you're wrong.
Being in the "real" world has been hard. I have met, dated, and befriended a lot of people that ultimately ended up disappointing me, deceiving me, and/or lying to me. You want to hope people can change, that people aren't really the way they are. It's been a rude awakening and scary to realize just how some people function, how they treat others, and most of all how they truly do not care at all. What ever happened to being empathetic and treating others how you would like to be treated?
But when is enough enough? How do you know when someone is being honest, or they are changing/maturing, or you can trust them? Can you fix someone whose soul is broken and who doesn't know right from wrong? And really, who am I or anyone to define right and wrong? More importantly, are social norms changing so dramatically that what I was taught and raised was right and wrong is not the norm - but lies, deception, cheating, manipulating, and selfishness the new norm for everyone?
I know I am being a pessimist today - and this isn't very yogi of me. But, it's true. It's life. And, it really sucks. I am hoping to get back on my mat today and feel a sense of happiness and slightly feel better about humanity. Because right now, I really don't like society or humanity.
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