Hidden Pages

   

    Yes I know I used to have a lot more posts on here, but now that I have managed to get my head out of my ass, I figured...why not just start the fuck over on this with a new mind set. So that is what I am going to do.

    Today I was reading this story on Reddit about a guy who has never dated anyone or never really had much of a social life due to his abusive past and the life he had lived up until now. He noted towards the end of his story that there was a girl he worked with that he felt he actually liked. He said she was the only person to make him not feel numb and invisible to the world, something no one had ever done for him before. Besides that point, he mentioned he would never dare tell her the truth about his dark past, because he did not want her to stick around to pity him if something were to go wrong, or feel obligated to stay around because she didn't want to hurt him in the future. His story got me thinking about life and the people around us.

    It made me really realize, no one will ever know the real story about who we are as individuals. We have the power to decide what and what not to tell people about our life. Because of this simple fact, I am not the type of person who likes to judge people or think I know what they are going through, because you know what? I don't. That is where the whole saying"Never judge someone until you have taken a walk in their shoes" ( if that is even how you fucking phrase it), comes into play. But you know, no one will ever fully get the opportunity to take the true steps in someone else shoes ever.

    I have had plenty of experiences with people where they might have said something to me that made me feel uncomfortable or thought they knew what I was going through, where I just thought to myself, "If you only knew". People might think that they understand you but they really don't. Everyone has their own story, their own secrets, a separate life from the one others can see. Sure we might all have shared experiences that were similar to others, but we also lived those experiences in different ways than others might have. 

    I have learned in life to think before I say or act, because I never know when something I say or do could affect another person in some way I am not aware of. We are all walking books that carry hidden pages inside, and all of them have stories no one will ever know about.