I Use to Think….but I gave it Up!

I use to think….you stood up for what you believed in.

I use to think….you couldn’t do a job well unless you cared about what you were doing.

I use to think….doing the right thing for the right reasons mattered.

I use to think….you did what was right for the business, and for the customer.

I use to think…….but I’ve learned, thinking doesn’t get you any where.

Recently, I’ve made a decision to limit what I care about. When I made the decision I sat down and prioritized the things I believe I care about now. I discovered I care about things which only matter in a perfect world.

You see, in a perfect world parents care about their kids, and the kids care about the parents. We don’t live in a perfect world though do we? The news proves it all of the time. Kids killing people, parents killing kids, everyone abandoning everyone, kids disowning their parents, parents placing their priorities in the wrong place, …. the list goes on and on and on. In a perfect world every child is loved, every parent is perfect, and no one ever doubts how anyone feels.

In a perfect world employees love their jobs as much as employers love their employees. We don’t live in a perfect world though. We see it in the paper all the time – employees kill their bosses, companies lay off thousands of people, everyone is seeing one or more doctors because stress is slowly killing them. You’re supposed to do more, faster, and cheaper with less and less while your hands are tied. We’re supposed to retain our humanity while being treated like mindless animals. In a perfect world people are paid what they’re worth, they thrive because they’re believed in and listened to, and companies grow because nobody feels like they’re left out in the cold, or that their ideas, opinions, and suggestions don’t matter.

In a perfect world relationships last forever. People are friends forever, married forever, close to their families forever, have the same jobs forever, visit the same stores forever, hold on to life forever. But again, we don’t live in a perfect world. Divorces are on the rise, they’re creating “trial period marriages” so people have an easy way out. Families don’t talk often, if at all. Friends come and go, and can’t always be trusted. Jobs are left, companies close, life ends…and it is all common place. In a perfect world simple things matter most.

In a perfect world you can trust everyone. People don’t lie to your face, or say one thing to you and something different to others. People don’t scheme and expect you to understand. In a perfect world people believe your word is your bond, and lying is painful. Today though – lying is normal. Name calling, bullying, scheming, is all common place and seen as necessary. You stop trusting people and loneliness creaps in. Perhaps it is why depression is so rampant in the world today? We’ve lost our reason to believe in others.

In a perfect world I don’t write posts like this, or even consider them! In a perfect world I laugh in the sunshine, not just the rain. In a perfect world I have faith in others and fight for what I believe in. I have goals and dreams and never doubt I can reach them. In a perfect world….there is hope.

I don’t live in a perfect world and it is proven to me every day, over and over and over again. My faith has been shaken, my trust has disappeared, and hope….I think I saw it run off with the mailman. I’ve become a monkey on a keyboard, again. And I’ve made a decision…..

Life is a choice, and this life is mine. So, I will care about my family – No matter what! I will care about my job – even though caring doesn’t matter. I will care about the truth – and won’t allow schemers and liars to darken my life. I will care about my dreams and goals – even if I don’t share them with a soul. I will care about relationships – and look forward to starting a good one.

I will care even when the world repeatedly shows me I shouldn’t! Because….it is my life, my grain of sand, my one and only chance to be the me I want to be. I will care….but I won’t think any more.

So for today, I wish you a perfect world because EVERYONE deserves it! I wish you dreams, and goals, and a belief in yourself that no one can take away. I wish you laughter in the sunshine, and a tearless rain. I wish you a chance to be the best you you can be. And when it comes right down to it…I wish you you.

Goodnight my friends!

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