Day 188: Convictions

Some days crappy days happen because you have to stand for something that isn't popular or maybe not everyone is on board with. Still, if you don't stand for certain things, you're just wallpaper. You're just blending in. If you're not doing the right thing at the right time, you're not really there. You're just blending in with the rest of the sheep following the flock. And what's the point of that? Mistakes happen. Everyone makes them. But not everyone owns up to the mistake. Some people, in fact, work harder makes excuses for the mistake or working to persuade anyone who will listen that they never made a mistake in a first place. That's fine I suppose for some mistakes that aren't really harmful at the end of the day or change the course of our lives. But some mistakes do cause a wrinkle to occur. If you don't take the effort to iron it out, it's still a wrinkle. You can try to cover it up, distract attention from it, or pretend it doesn't exist, but the wrinkle hasn't disappeared. You're just pretending it did. Some mistakes and errors in judgement have to be addressed, and they have to be addressed in the correct manner. If the person who made the mistake isn't capable or willing to do that, then I truly believe it's the duty of those who are guiding and teaching that person to do it, even if that's not comfortable or easy. Even if that causes a few wrinkles itself. I'm not a fan of sweeping dirt under the rug. Sure, things look neater and cleaner, but they're not. They've just been neatly rearranged. All the same elements are still there, and it's only a matter of time before the dirt resurfaces. Today, was a day when the dirt surfaced, and I wasn't about to sweep it in a tidy hiding place and pretend it didn't exist. I wasn't about to pretend everything was cool. That the shortcut, and people who take shortcut don't get the full view, and they don't get the full experience. Shortcuts are lazy, and they're carved out by the people who aren't strong enough to take the scenic route.