Bullshit

My friend Sara at the Lock and Dam on a visit to Columbus.
photo by Sarah Wilson

"Aim low and avoid disappointments." "Expect nothing of people and you'll never come up short." "Trust no one: other people will always let you down."

These are pretty common phrases I've heard throughout my life when people aren't feeling well about themselves or others. They're also, what I consider to be complete and total bullshit.

I believe that good comes from even the worst situations. I believe in having faith in God and believing in the best of people as I think He would want me to. Most people would consider that idiotic. I've been told that you can trust someone and get your heart broken. or you could not trust people and cage yourself away from feeling anything. because when people knock me down over and over again, I get to feel real, true joy when someone finally comes along and helps me up.

The Lord never gives you more than you can handle, and I've tried my hand at sealing my heart away with cement. It's hard to get back again. But I know what a bad place that is, and I'd rather feel it when I get hurt than not be able to feel it when I'm loved.