Among other things, you'll find that you're not the first person who was ever confused and frightened and even sickened by human behavior. You're by no means alone on that score, you'll be excited and stimulated to know. Many, many men have been just as troubled morally and spiritually as you are right now. Happily, some of them kept records of their troubles. You'll learn from them - if you want to. Just as someday, if you have something to offer, someone will learn something from you. It's a beautiful reciprocal arrangement. And it isn't education. It's history. It's poetry.
+catcher in the rye.
What have I learned from human behavior? Ahh, let me tell you, I've learned more than you could imagine:
- Trust is hard to come by. Don't go trusting everyone, the number are against you that at least half the people you trust are going to let you down.
- Believing in people is similar to trust. Believe all you want, but truthfully, things are never what they seem.
- Sometimes you don't need an argument or anything to tear two people away from each other. It's up to you though to decide if you want to be the one picking up the pieces and putting them back together.
- Let it be. Take that how you want it, but just let people live their lives how they want to.
- Stop trying to please everyone. It's an uphill battle that's never ending. Its not worth your time or effort to try and be liked by everyone.
- Stand up for what you believe in, be prepared for opposition. Stand your ground and never give up.
- The human race looks for flaws. Be different and point out the good.
- Don't believe in karma? Hah. This isn't a religious topic at all, its the idea that what goes around comes around. Apply that theory to people around you and watch it all play out. Bet you'll believe in karma after that.
- People never notice anything. Yeah, they'll ask you what's wrong if you crying or if you're smiling ask why you're so happy but really, when have you taken a step back from the world and looked around? When's the last time you just took it all in and noticed everything?
I've got more but I can't sit here and rant all night about things I can't fix. It's depressing and makes me feel unaccomplished. I'm going to go and try to sleep off this bad mood.
stay classy cleveland, xoxo
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