Life is full of disappointments. That's not debatable, it's just the truth. Often people are the source of those disappointments; at least, that's been the case for me.
This summer I gave alot of people a clean slate. I threw away my preconceived ideas about people and decided to give everyone a second chance. I figured that if I was right about everyone, then I have lost nothing, and can not be held accountable for anything more than being too lenient with second chances. But if I was wrong, then hopefully I will have gained a more accurate judgement of people by the end of the summer.
This summer I witnessed people change, almost miraculously. I was deeply impressed and came to the conclusion that people change. But I was wrong, people don't change. They don't change in a summer, they don't even change in a lifetime. It's not even that people don't change, I not even sure people can change. I don't mean change as in the way people dress, or they way they talk, or their mannerisms. I mean real change; change in the way one reacts to situations, change in the way one treats another, change in the things one truly believes in. I'm not sure that change is possible. In the very least, I've never witnessed it. I read somewhere that our personalities is developed by age 4. Maybe after that, our efforts to change really are in vain.
People let you down, it's a fact of life. People seem to let me down alot. It's possible that I expect too much of people. It's possible that I hope too often. Apart from God, I've never had anyone who's never let me down, and I don't expect to ever meet someone like that. I don't expect perfection from anyone. But one day I really hope to meet to meet just one person in this world that does everything in their power not to let me down. I truly hope such a person exists.
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