03-01-2004, 06:21 PM
I BLIND MYSELF
~*^*~*^*~
Because you're not what I would have you be, I blind myself
to who, in truth, you are.
Sometimes we expect far too much of the people around us, and
because no one can ever live up to those expectations, we are
almost always disappointed.
But wouldn't it be better if we just let go, and let people be
who they are? Then we'd be able to see them as they are--with
all their beauty and goodness in which we take joy, and with
all their faults which we can also see in ourselves.
When we have put someone up on a pedestal, sculpturing them
to fit our needs and desires by smoothing out the rough edges
and creating new curves here and there, we cannot see the
real person underneath our work. All we see is the illusion we
have created.
That is denying the person's real identity and is disrespectful.
It's much better for our friends and for ourselves if we drop
our expectations and illusions, and accept them all just the
way they are.
I lie I steal I cheat So people can feel my LATINO HEAT
~*^*~*^*~
Because you're not what I would have you be, I blind myself
to who, in truth, you are.
Sometimes we expect far too much of the people around us, and
because no one can ever live up to those expectations, we are
almost always disappointed.
But wouldn't it be better if we just let go, and let people be
who they are? Then we'd be able to see them as they are--with
all their beauty and goodness in which we take joy, and with
all their faults which we can also see in ourselves.
When we have put someone up on a pedestal, sculpturing them
to fit our needs and desires by smoothing out the rough edges
and creating new curves here and there, we cannot see the
real person underneath our work. All we see is the illusion we
have created.
That is denying the person's real identity and is disrespectful.
It's much better for our friends and for ourselves if we drop
our expectations and illusions, and accept them all just the
way they are.
I lie I steal I cheat So people can feel my LATINO HEAT
