Food For Thought

So I left work and now Im at home wondering if I should have. The more I think about it though, I think it was the right thing to do. I have been in a very positive frame of mind all year so far and sometimes you have to vacate the premises to keep from letting somebody else's foolishness cause you to regress into a space you dont want to occupy. When things aint right, you have to take the necessary steps to correct them, and sometimes that means changing your environment - or the people you allow to share it (Message!)

That needed to be said, but it's not the purpose of this post, so let me get to it.

My nephew is apparently nursing a broken heart - again LOL - and is telling everyone who will listen about how he is feeling. His Facebook is littered with all these statuses about the situation, sounding just miserable, and I felt sorry for him at first, but after a while, I had to pull him to the side and tell him to suck it up LOL.

I dont think I was being insensitive, I just think that there comes a point when enough is e-damn-nough. First of all - and this goes for anybody out there who is guilty of it - stop telling everybody all your damn business. If its for entertainment purposes, like the things I post here, then fine. But when you are in actual pain and feeling like you have something you need to say to somebody, say it to THEM. They are the only ones who can give you the answers to the questions you need answers to. Only they can tell you why they did what they did or felt like they felt, so send them an email or call them and deal with it, and stop walking around here looking like somebody done stole your damn bike.

Secondly (back to my nephew) love is easy. Relationships are hard. You have to learn the difference. Love comes outta nowhere at times and you cant help who you feel things for. It does whatever the hell it wants, whenever the hell it wants to, and it doesnt need your permission. Thats why you still love people when you wish you didnt, and its also why you cant make yourself feel something for somebody that you dont (another point I'm going to address later).

Relationships, on the other hand, take work. Therefore, you have to decide whether the person you are thinking about getting involved with is worth putting the energy into, and whether you believe they will work just as hard. I look at it like it's an investment. Choose one that you believe will give you some kinda return. If you invest in bad stock, you take a loss, the same way you reap the profits if you invest in something good. Once you choose your stock, you have to keep an eye on it and make the proper trades when necessary to protect your investment. Sometimes you have to move your money around, i.e. adjust how much time and energy you exert into a situation. In that light, you are playing an active role in the outcome instead of becoming a casualty of just letting things "happen" to you. Understand?

Its not foolproof - even good stock can blindside you with some bullshit - but as a general rule of thumb, I think its a solid approach to take. Just some food for thought.