Which are you?
Are you what you have done
Or what you'd like to believe that you would not do
But have done.
You are what you do
And what you do frequently
Is coming from your conditioned self.
With all the best intentions
And with all the best input
People frequently make very poor choices
And then master that choice
Because at some point
It worked for them.
When you lie and get away with it
It works
When you steal and get away with it
It works
I never find people
Who just
Lie once
Steal once
Betray once
It becomes a pattern...
Actions
Speak Louder Than Words
And They Say:
I Don't Care
Her: You'd rather I be demure
Him: I'd rather you be rational
Her: Meaning what?
that I say noting about what I see
What I hear?
Him: what have you heard?
Her: that you are capable of anything..
Him: Well, if you didn't tell me about it
it couldn't have been very upsetting
Her: It made me sick to my stomach
This whole arrangement
Him: What arrangement?
Her: That I am to accept what you tell me
and ask nothing more
That I aid you in the business you conduct
and pretend I don't know what that business is
Him: I don't recall you ever saying no
to anything I put in front of you.
You make a little noise every now and then
to remind me what a good person you are
But a good person
wouldn't be here right now.
What isn't acknowledged
Be it
The relationship(s)
A person is in
Family members, friends & acquaintances
The majority of one's time
Is spent
Reflects
By
Mirroring
Aspects
Of the
Self
Nothing
Is hidden
Or concealed
Pay Attention!
Not only
To the company
You keep
But how they choose
To communicate with you
About you.
Are you what you think you are?
Or
Oblivious to the pattern
Of mastering
Poor choices?
I used the song above
to illustrate a point
lyrically through sound.
Many believe themselves to be "good"
for keeping the object of their affection secrets
Or playing along with a specific agenda
Believing
It is synonymous
With loyalty
When in essence
It lacks
Integrity
If there ever comes a time
when a lack of personal merit
begins to weigh said individual down
They are quickly reminded:
It isn't possible
To be immersed in anything
that isn't already deeply embedded in their own character.
I'll end
How I
Began
Which are you?
Are you what you have done
Or what you'd like to believe that you would not do
But have done.
Do The Knowledge
✌🏾
© LaToya S. C.
