Surprise, Surprise...

Boo!

I don’t know about you but I sure do hate surprises. The whole spontaneity-not-having-control-thing doesn’t really work for me. At least when it has to do with people who turn out to be something you didn’t expect them to be.

It’s funny how some people can judge a situation entirely without knowing one thing about it. How someone can simply make something – an entire story- up from the top of their heads based on the surface that meets their eyes, rather than the actual story behind it.

The worst part is, we can’t keep anything to ourselves anymore. Because if we do, people will judge us. They say, “What does she really do?”

“Does she even work that hard?”

“Her parents pay for everything.”

As if they lived your life, in your shoes, every day, every second.

Kind of aggravating isn’t it?

Like they know everything we do in our spare time or what we’re doing towards our careers. Suddenly, people decide to make up what they think you are, or what they think you’re doing, instead of just letting it be, and being themselves and not caring. And you panic of course, cause you don’t want to be seen in such a way, or even in the slightest way that you’re not. I mean, we’re ourselves for a reason, right? So we can be ourselves. And communicate ourselves to others. We don’t work this hard to construct an identity just so people can revoke it and replace it with their idea of who they think we are. But then again if you think about it, why should we tell anyone anything about our lives?

For the approval? Nonsense. It’s up to you to be happy and know that what they say is only out of boredom or jealousy or pure ignorance. If anything we should feel sorry for those who are so impaired that they cannot take the time to actually get to know us and resort to spreading lies for their amusement. It’s our job to just keep our heads held high and keep moving.

Because after all, if people want to bring you down, they will find their ways to bring you down no matter what you say.

And just when you think you can trust them, they go and surprise you again. Boo.