I was facebook-ing yesterday and came across a post by one of my friends which says:" Less friends, less b*llshit. Keep your circle small."
If only I could hit a million likes for her post because that's exactly what I've been doing now- keeping my circle small. I am friendly yes- but pleasing everyone, no- I am not that kind of person now. I realized there is joy in keeping only those who never left, who stood by me when I've got nothing on my wallet, who walked with me when I didn't have a car back then and so on and so forth. In short, when my circle got smaller, my perspective of genuine friendship also got clearer.
"Why bother being good?"
The day I asked this was the day I decided I will do better in being good to people.
You see, life is not that fair. Even when we are nice, there are people out there who would constantly critic us beyond the reasonable criteria as possible. There is a "bad" character in all of us no matter how we try to be good. But the question is how much of this bad character make us.
When we were kids, we were taught about the value of honesty. We know that kids are supposed to tell the truth and never cheat. It is with this premise that I grew up thinking no matter how awful reality sounds, we must deal with it. I had been tempted in many occasions not to say the truth but I feel guilty every time I think about it.
