Personally, I've been burnt severally because of lack of proper preparation so it kinda was like learning the hard way, to check and recheck.
Like examinations and stuff. I've been saved a whole lot by cross checking. So I see the things that I didn't notice before. Crucial stuff.
Your photos are lovely!
Yes, that happens and the best one can hope for is a lesson that's remembered. Doing the same thing but expecting a different result is the definition of insanity so learning well from the adversities, mistakes and failures of life is a good thing.
Thanks for your compliment on my photos...just a few from a couple different trips I've been on around the place locally. I like remote areas, less people around, and nature so getting out there and into it is something I try to do a lot.
So you're not much of a people-person?😏
I love people, those who deserve my time. I just don't like a lot of people around me.
Society is full of egotistical, hubristic, judgemental, impolite, greedy, selfish people and I don't like any of them. I keep my friends group small and very close and avoid people I don't want to spend time with; the energy-thieves of the world.
So yes, I'm a people person, friendly, funny, easy to get along with and loyal as fuck, but most people don't deserve that from me and so they fall away like dead leaves in Autumn to languish in the gutter until they're washed away by the cleansing rain.
Really powerful use of imagery you got going in that last part. Made me laugh I tell you. Not the absurdity. But at the sheer accurateness.
Energy thieves of this world. I'd never heard it put that way before. But now there are a lot of people I no longer deal with and this description is a perfect fit. Energy thieves.
Thank you, I'll take that as a compliment. People can be a drain, so negative,...but that makes those who are not so much more special. I like to think I'm an amazing friend and even better as a partner, I've been told as much, and to do that, to be better at doing that, I don't waste my time on people who don't deserve that time.
Energy thief. Waste of space. Air thief. Just people who aren't right for us...They may be right for other people, they may even be valid people, but if the people we choose to spend our time with don't resonate with us in some way I think it's best to move on to those who do. Life is too short to do otherwise; mine is anyway.
Make sense?
Makes a whole world of sense I tell you. In my not so many years, I've learnt that people may be bad for you. Not because they are bad as individuals but because they are not just right for you. And like you said, be a much better person to someone else.
The deal then is recognizing that on time and letting them go for the sake of your peace of mind, if not anything else.
Really amazing stuff that goes on in your head Galen. Talking about this has been really nice.
You've nailed it.
People don't always get along and may in fact be counter-productive...I just don't see the point spending time on those people...I'd rather be alone somewhere out in a wilderness place feeling closer to the planet itself. That's why I love the outdoors and faraway places. Of course, I'm often there with my partner or a few others, but that's because I want them there, not have to have them there.
It's ok to be selective with the people we surround ourselves with, I believe it is vital to do so.