Trust issues.

Know that no matter how many knives we put in each other’s backs, that we’ll have each other’s backs, ’cause we’re that lucky.

Am I that lucky? I think not.

I've been through enough to know that I cannot trust anyone but myself. Not my childhood friends, not even my best friend in the entire world. My family, maybe, but others? Just.. no.

It's simply setting yourself up for disappointment or getting hurt. It leaves you too vulnerable. People always leave no matter how much they assure you that they won't, or that it's "forever" - what a foolish thing to believe in.

No one's obligated to stay in your life as long as you want or need them to. Eventually, we're all going to have to move on. In some point or another, we're going to leave the people we never thought we would. Whether it's taking each other for granted or people changing over time, bottom line is someone stops trying. That's life.

Lesson: Trust no one. (I don't even trust myself!)

In an attempt to being not so negative (or realistic, as I see it), I just thought that I should share what my former high school teacher once said: Of course, people may dump us as they dump rags and disposable diapers, but that's no excuse not to seek eternal friendships. We just have to remember that we can't please everyone and we can't be all things for all people. We just have to be we (which of course is at times difficult if not perilous), without regrets and apologies. You gain some and you lose some.