NSFW NINJOE's blog: "Is it just me?"

As life takes me down it's winding path I find myself learning things that I thought I would never understand. Lessons in love especially. I'm learning that it's much easier to get over someone for me now if it doesn't work out. There is always someone else that wants to be with you. You don't even need to look. When it's time they just come to you. Getting rid of jealousy in your life is the biggest hurdle to get over. I used to get so jealous when I'd see my friends that are couples getting along so great and I'd want that too. Not a healthy thing. Most of the time couples aren't as happy as they appear for one thing. You end up trying too hard an mess things up. Trust the person your with. If they are doing something you will eventually find out about it. It just means that you have learned as much as you can from that relationship and it is time to move on. When a relationship ends it is almost like someone died. You have to go through that certain amount of time to grieve your loss. It's human nature. Life must and will go on though. When you are ready you'll know. It may take some time. You may have to test the water a few times before you jump in again, but you will. Everyone has their own time and like anything else it gets easier each time you go through it. Figuring out who YOU are is more important than who you want to be and who you want to be with. Just be yourself. You have to be confident in who you are. Confidence is the biggest sex appeal you could ever have. I realize that some of this may come off as cocky, egotistical or even cold. Life isn't easy and you have to be tough and stay true to who you are. As long as you aren't hurting anyone else and your doing what makes you happy I say do it. Listen and respect your friends opinions, but in the long run you're the one that has to make the decision of what's right for you. You have to look out for number one, because no one else will and if you do that people will respect you more.

Is it just me or have things really changed that much since I was in my twenties? I mean it seems like these kids have absolutely no respect for anything including themselves. I was having a conversation today with one of my close friends about a kid that hangs out with his brother. This kid is constantly stealing stuff from my buddies house. I told him he needed to handle that situation. He told me he won't because it's his brother's best friend. Now when I was a kid if someone was stealing from your family or friends that person either got a beating they'd never forget or at the very least a scare of a lifetime to teach them a lesson. His cousin agreed with me. I'm not saying that everyone in their twenties are like this, but a majority of the people in that age range that I come across where I live just don't have a clue what's right from wrong or simply just don't care. I see too many of my friends let things go that just wouldn't float when I was their age. It's one thing to be a nice person and turn the cheek, but you can't let people walk all over you either.