I’ve said it before, and I’ll keep saying it. The key to getting through this life is learning the difference between a friend and an acquaintance. My Oldman drilled that into me, and I’m currently drilling it into the Shepkids.
You don’t need a crowd. You need a couple of dear, close friends. Then you have your close group or crew. After that, it drops fast...
...friends, people you know, acquaintances, and those you can’t stand.
Another truth my Oldman gave me. Not everyone is going to like you. Some folks just won’t, maybe because you rub them wrong. Maybe because they think you’re an assclown and that’s fine. Because chances are, they rub you wrong too.
What matters is standards.
Do they have integrity?
Do they have grit?
Are they fake, or do they show up when it counts?
Plenty of folks think I’m a mealy-mouthed faker and I don’t care. I don’t get up in the morning hoping to have their approval. Odds are they are already a miserable person.
The best day of their life sits somewhere between the day I got let go at work and the day I put down my 14-year-old doggie.
These people don’t see the smile I draw on the sun.
They don’t see the beauty in the world.
They don’t see beauty in themselves, so how could they ever see it in you?
Most people who don’t like you are just scared shitless of you.
So go be you and be someone’s dear friend. Keep walking past the mealy mouths and the fakers. Bring a little joy into a world that is short on it. Make someone forget about the local assclown population by putting a smile on their sun and pointing out where the moon is.
You are a Chalkhead. You put the groove in the heart and the smile on the sun.
It’s the Ides of July and a gorgeous day is ahead.
It is Two for Tuesday...
...I’m calling the DJ and requesting some ELO.
I woke up singing “Mr. Blue Sky,” and I’m not letting anyone bring me down.
