When I was a kid, I had a great upbringing. But perhaps motivated by where I grew up, all what I thought I needed to act strong, tough and resilient was to be part of a gang of seemingly feared, discourteous, crime-loving and party-crashing kids.
As I grew up, I realised I was living a lie. I realised we were being avoided by decent people and not necessarily feared. So I started to be gentle at parties and towards girls, now I even leave tips for waiters. As I started making peace with those that I had offended, I came to realise that it is even more cool to be decorous.
This is why when I see kids taking that same path, thinking they're cool like that, and knowing how slim their chance of surviving that kind of life is, I feel like doing an open admittance on here, of having been there and done exactly what they're doing, but do they pay attention...that's what I doubt.
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