When did people start being so fake?
Just be genuine.
Why are so many people so fake without much to gain? Saying they care, when they don't. Tossing "I love you" out there as casually as they would order a burger at the drive through speakers in auto lane of a fast food restaurant. People will often seem to be on board, committed to plans with another person or a group, then.......they flake. Maybe they forgot, maybe they felt they couldn't say, "no". Maybe they are just one of millions of people who have never learned how to just be real.
This pervasive practice has caused me to lose a lot of trust, a lot of faith in the goodness of people.
Seems, to me, that people used to be more trustworthy, more faithful to their spouses, their commitments. Integrity was more common, flakes, not so much.
In today's world, most people only give first names, aren't willing to help another person, say things they don't mean to people they should care about, yet their own selfishness keeps them from following through.
When a woman who seems to me to be a flake, recently asked me to come to an event I told her I would be working. She knew I would be working during that time, I always work during that time frame, she comes to my workplace to do business. This woman just irks me with her lack of sincerity. So,when she invited me, then, I told her I would be working, she said, "I'll miss you." Bullshit!
I shot back at her, "I don't believe you, thank you, anyway."
She wasn't even shocked. No reply at all.
Maybe, facing the result of her repeated lack of being genuine no longer phases her.
People cannot be changed until they recognise, then, wish to change. People can only change themselves.
Personally, I will stay genuine, in a world of fakes. I will cherish those who are valuable to me, those who I love, who love me in return.
This morning, I deleted 20 contacts from my cell, permanently. Just another step toward being more real.
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