The Golden Rule

The Golden Rule suggests that you should treat others the way you want to be treated.

You believe in transparency.

But I could not see through you.

You assumed I knew.

But you did not tell me.

You thought it would crush me to tell me.

So you told the world instead.

I believed I had a best friend that cared about the truth.

I did not.

We all believe. We all forget. We all get lost. We all love. Sometimes we get hurt and sometimes we are the reason for others hurt. In the end, it is the best thing for you that will win the day. That coincides with telling the truth no matter how painful it may be. For it to happen any other way is the issue of the other to contend with, not a testimony to a perceived personal inadequacy on your part.

Pain, suffering, loneliness, bitterness or sorrow can harden your heart. It can corrupt the beauty of your soul and it can dim your light. Time, the strength of your will and your belief’s will be your savior.

I write this as the truth and I share it share it for others as hope and inspiration.

For those who know why I write this need know that you deserve happiness, friendship and love. I gave you mine as a gift that I can never take away. With that said, I say this “School grants knowledge, Time grants wisdom but only you can give value.” Being what it is, I understand that my friendship, happiness and love mean more to me than they do you. For that is a mistake on my part. I established expectations and let myself down as a result.

The practice of the golden rule has both insurmountable glory and dire consequence. As I started as your friend, I still am. I gave you my love, you still have it. In light of being treated the way I was and having enough belief in myself to know better, the gift of my friendship and love no longer hold value to me as they did whence I gave them.

The value you give them will determine the divinity of them both.