Amendment to Be Nice.

To the person who left me the comment about the Be Nice post:

I would like to amend the part where I said that I had never in my entire life intentionally hurt another person. I was incorrect in saying my entire life. What I should have said was almost my whole life.

There are 2 people I can think of in my past that I intentionally hurt. I was a teenager at the time of one of the incidents. And the other was provoked by the person involved.

I never meant to insinuate that I am perfect in any way shape or form. I am not perfect, far from it. Since I do not know your name I can not know exactly what you are speaking about. However, if you would like to discuss the matter, write to me. Let me know who you are. I would like the chance to know what it is that I have intentionally done to hurt you . Give me the chance to right my wrong, so to speak. I am not afraid to face whatever it is. Are you?

I promise I will keep your identity private. I will never mention anything we talk about to another person. It will be just between you and I.

I apologise to anyone whom I may have hurt intentionally or unintentionally. If you want to talk let me know. I am here.

Inner Peace

The sun is setting over the water,
red, gold, and pink hues paint the sky.
Salt dances in the air, titilating my senses.
The sand is still warm around my feet from the sun
beating down upon the beach earlier in the day.
Footprints are the only reminders of civilization.
Now it is quiet.
Just the waves and me.
The rhythm of the waves is so comforting,
enticing me to let the waves caress my body,
as they sing their soothing song to my soul.
How could anyone ever leave such a place?
A place so beautiful and so peaceful.
I am alone here, yet I do not feel alone here.
The sea gulls overhead soaring and swooping
Keep me company and I can talk to them without fear.
Here I am not afraid. I am never angry,
Because here there can only be peace.
Peace in this world, peace in these sounds, peace within my soul.

Be nice. Is it really too much to ask?

Sometimes I wonder about the cruelty of others. Why do people cause others pain? Relationships go bad and everyone wants to blame the other person for the problems instead of just taking responsibility for their own actions. I just don't understand this way of thinking at all.

I have strived my whole life to be nice to other people, to always do what my mother taught me. To follow "The Golden Rule" so to speak. That doesn't mean that I have not made my share of mistakes, but I can honestly say I have done my best not to intentionally hurt someone else.

I don't lie to others, or tell them things I do not believe to be true. I do not lead others on or intentionally mislead them into thinking that I am something more than what I appear to be. I do not hide my personality from others hoping that they will like the me I have made them think I am. I do not try to manipulate others into doing what I think they should.

People I know have been hurt intentionally by others to the point where their trust in others is damaged beyond repair. Changing the image of themselves and others in devastating ways. They build walls to protect themselves from being hurt again, without realizing that the walls meant for protection do more harm to themselves than protect.

My heart aches for the unnecessary damage we do to each other on a daily basis in the name of love, happiness, hate, and anger. Why must we be so judgemental to the people we claim to love and care about? Why can't we just love and be loved in a simple and pure form?

My wish for the world, is for people to be pleasant to one another. For peace and happiness to be the focus of our lives. For everyone in the universe to be able to experience the feeling of being loved completely for who you actually are, and not what you could become. To find a simple love in its perfect, most pure form.