#21 Reflection Did you know?

Did you know?

By Mary K. Mennenga

Some of the best friends I've had have been animals

People may say that's sad but it's true

This is why

Their unable to hide what their true feelings are

They can't talk so they can't lie

If people would speak the truth

No one would have any reason to second-guess them

When their actions don't backup the words they have spoken



#15 of Reflections What do you really mean?

What to you really mean?

By Mary K. Mennenga

It's seems people don't mean what they've said

So they'll say what they think you want to hear

Instead of the truth because it might hurt your feelings
When it's a friend whose opinion is valued
Isn't able or willing to be honest about what they think or feel
It leaves a feeling of mistrust and questioning
What else has been said because it was what they thought
you wanted to hear?
When a friend you care enough about to ask their opinion 
Isn't capable of being honest 
What is the basis of the friendship if it's not based?
On honesty, mutual respect, and understanding
Should it still be called a friendship?

Hearing the truth from a friend is easier to take
Then learning what I've been told wasn't true!

I CAME TO LEARN AND DO A BIT OF RESEARCH

What I've learned is that when money talks the truth ends up getting tossed. I didn't want it to be true but I can't deny the truth I've seen. Many of the things I didn't want to be true, the fact is they are nothing I do could or would change anything. I'm not upset really, I knew that with questions come answers and when I honestly looked at both side. What I found was more questions than answers. Now I haven't given up on hope, I have just decided that being a realists is the only way to live my life my way. It doesn't change who I am or what I believe, nor is it going to stop me from doing the best I can with what I've got to work with. It's just the way it is, love and compassion still live and hope really never dies as long as we have faith.