mom

Not every person I meet is going to be mean to me, or disappoint me by not doing their job. Not every person thinks the worst of me as I do myself.  Often I am defending myself, or I am on guard or alert as if the at any minute someone is going to attack me or hurt me or ridicule me or frighten me. I do not need to assume the worst. Always. I can give the benefit of the doubt. I can stop making everyone my mom or my brother. I can inquire. I can research. I can pause and have a different response. My bullshit detector is good enough that I will be able to easily and swiftly separate the good from the bad. The safe from the dangerous.

I will continue to learn and grow and evolve into the change I wish to see.