Life has a funny way of catching up with us. It is as we grow we find out that we are becoming the things we said we wouldn’t be and we are slowly picking up the attitude we hated most, especially in the people that raised us.
Funny, isn’t it?
Then you catch yourself doing certain things and realize that you hate the person you are becoming. Because you have picked up an attitude that makes you hate certain people so much. It wasn’t so long ago but now, life is catching up with you so fast.
You look back and you realize they only played with the cards they were given in life and you wish you had been more patient with them because life is biting you in the ass now, and it may just be a little too late.
But you promised yourself you would be better and you would never be anything like that. The problem is, all you did was criticize that behavior but never really did anything or took an active step to not be that person. Now you are that person. Too bad, you are not the change you sought to become.
You have now come down from your high horse and think people around you should be understanding, but you never were. You wish people would give you the grace you never extended to others.
We often tend to be selfish and sometimes think the world revolves around us. Never for once thinking that people out there may also be giving this their very best or even struggling to make it through each day. This makes us end up being very judgmental and harsh. The grace we want we find very hard to give.
What a life!
What we don’t ever think of is, people become what they saw and listened to especially in their early stages of life. And as you grow older you find that people build walls, hold pain and loss in their hearts. Eventually, it breaks them and they become broken people. It just makes you see that life itself is a ripple effect.
Can you see yourself now, can you see your reflection? Will you be honest with yourself that maybe you were a bit too harsh on those people?
I’m not making excuses for them. I’m only saying now that you are grown and you can see that life is not a bed of roses, will you be better?
Will you actively seek to be better and put in the work it requires to be better? I hope you do.
