FALSE TRUTHS

    SOMEONE ONCE TOLD ME THAT YOU CAN'T HAVE ONE WITHOUT THE OTHER...  THIS MAY BE TRUE IN THEIR EYES BUT I REFUSE TO LIVE MY LIFE BY A TRUTH THAT SOMEONE ELSE HAS COME TO KNOW.

   YOU MEAN TO TELL ME THAT YOU HAVE TO HATE WHAT YOU LOVE AND LOVE WHAT YOU HATE??? THERE IS NO WAY I COULD BASE MY RELATIONSHIPS OFF OF THAT BELIEF!!!!!

   I HAVE A CHILD WHOM I LOVE DEARLY.  THERE MAY BE SOMETHINGS THAT HE DOES THAT I DON'T NECESSARILY ENJOY BUT THERE IS ABSOLUTELY POSITIVELY NOTHING ABOUT MY CHILD THAT I "HATE."

   I FEEL LIKE IF I CAN LOOK AT YOU AND POINT OUT THINGS I HATE ABOUT YOU I MAY NEED TO REEVALUATE OUR FRIENDSHIP/RELATIONSHIP AND FIGURE OUT WHY IT IS I FEEL THIS WAY AND WHETHER OR NOT SOMETHING CAN BE DONE ABOUT IT FROM BOTH SIDES.  MY MOTHER ONCE TOLD ME THAT IF YOU LOOK AT A MAN AND ALL YOU SEE ARE HIS FLAWS THEN YOU NEED TO EVALUATE YOURSELF.

   WE TEND TO REFLECT ONTO OTHERS THE THINGS THAT WE DON'T LIKE ABOUT OURSELVES!!!!

   DON'T MAKE SOMEONES OPINION ABOUT YOU TRUE IN YOUR OWN MIND BECAUSE ONCE YOU DO IT COULD POSSIBLY TAKE A LIFETIME TO LEAVE YOU.  FOR EVERY HARSH COMMENT SOMEONE MAKES ABOUT YOU IT TAKES 15 NICE AND COMFORTING COMMENTS TO BUILD YOU UP AFTER YOU'VE BEEN CUT DOWN.   I AM 27 YEARS OLD AND I HAVE RECENTLY WENT BACK TO SCHOOL.  YOU WOULD THINK THAT I WOULD HAVE SUPPORT FROM ALL OF MY FAMILY BUT IT IS ACTUALLY THE COMPLETE OPPOSITE.

     ONE OF MY FAMILY MEMBERS TOLD ME THAT I SHOULDN'T BE GOING BACK TO SCHOOL AT MY AGE AND WITH THIS ECONOMY BECAUSE I AM A SINGLE PARENT AND I HAVE BILLS THAT NEED TO BE PAID. YES! ALL OF WHAT THEY SAID WAS TRUE BUT WHAT DOES THAT HAVE TO DO WITH THE MAN ON THE MOON?  YOU SEE,  THIS COMMENT WAS THROWN AT ME BECAUSE THIS PERSON HAS THEIR OWN PERSONAL FEAR PERTAINING TO GOING BACK TO SCHOOL.  I REMEMBER EVEN BEING TOLD AS A CHILD THAT IF YOU DIDN'T GO RIGHT OFF TO COLLEGE AFTER HIGH SCHOOL YOUR CHANCES OF EVER GOING BECAME SLIM TO NONE!

    FOR THE LONGEST TIME I BELIEVED THIS. I AM SURE THE FAMILY MEMBER I SPEAK OF WAS TOLD AND BELIEVED THE SAME THING.

  BE CAREFUL OF THE FALSE TRUTHS YOU PICK UP IN LIFE, WHAT MAY BE TRUE FOR SOMEONE ELSE MAY NOT BE TRUE FOR YOU.