Saturday, September 3, 2011

You Know Who You Are

   Once upon a time there was a sweet little boy who was full of love and life. He loved his family, he loved his friends. He grew, strong and kind and loved to help others.
   One day he realized there were choices he had to make in his life. So, he made his choices, not realizing at the time how far reaching these choices would become. They were not good choices. They affected everyone's lives around him, especially those that were the closest to him. Those that were closest to him tried over and over to help him regain his dignity and self esteem, but to no avail. He couldn't and wouldn't see the truth.
   Eventually, the boy grew into a man. He wasted his youth making bad choices over and over again until he finally ended up confining himself to a box of regret and bitterness. He absolutely could not take on the responsibility of his actions due to false pride and arrogance. Those who knew him early on were terribly saddened by this but had no magic tricks to get him to realize what HE HIMSELF had done. As he went on there was one person who always received the blame for his bad choices and it broke that person's heart every time, until one day the "scapegoat" refused to play this blame game any further. The person turned away from the man and walked away, head held high, dignity intact, determined to never allow the man to hurt them again. It was hard but the person realized the futility of the wasted time and effort it took just to maintain a relationship with the man and just could not allow this to happen ever again.
   The end of this story has yet to be written. The moral of the story? Make bad choices, bad situations will follow. Make good choices, life is so much easier and you get to keep your dignity, your family and your real, true friends.
                                                                            Not yet The End

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