We all look up to someone, somewhere.
Whether you can admit it to them, your nosy next door neighbor, your altruistic best friend, your unwillingly devoted cat, or absolutely no one, you look up to them.
We may know said person, or they may be some seemingly unattainable role model in some far off land.
But since when is anyone always right?
Nobody's perfect, except for the Big Guy Upstairs, of course. But that's beside the point.
It is quite possible for your role model, who you give all this hype to, to be absolutely and utterly wrong about something.
Just because everyone else seems to be doing something doesn't make it sensible.
Just because it is seen as socially acceptable in some circles does not mean that it is in your best interest.
If you made one mistake once, or perhaps you didn't even see it as a mistake, but simply decided against taking that course of action because of the people in your life, why would you consider taking that same course of action again while the same people are still in your life?
I think the people around us affect us more than we like to admit.
When it seems like we have been doing so well, suddenly one of our role models confesses to someone else that they have had this desire to do something for years.
Even though it is only going to pull you down.
But, of course, they don't see it that way.
Not even you fully see it that way, at the moment.
But you will, if you chose to take this course of action.
This someone else that the person you look up to has confessed their terrible, life-destroying, only going to pull you down thing does care about you.
It is highly likely that they are only looking out for your best interest.
Too bad it is often the case that we are far too afraid that someone is going to be offended by our caring.
And if we are the ones being cared about, we are far quick to make assumptions.
Too bad.
Just because.





P.S.
I'm well aware of the many, many changes between second and third person in this writing.
I was just saying what's on my mind.
And my mind is not, nor does it have to be grammatically correct.