I don’t really like admitting this, but for the first 16-18 years of my life I was pretty close minded. And I think I probably missed out on getting to know a lot of awesome people because I wrote them off as being “bad” people that I shouldn’t hang around.
As for the few “bad” people that I did hang around, my intent was to save them from themselves. Not necessarily a bad thing, but my focus wasn’t on really listening to them.
About two years ago I lamented to an online friend about my youthful blindness. She shared a quote with me that I’ve really taken to heart.
I did then what I knew how to do. Now that I know better, I do better. ~ Maya Angelou
I can’t change the past. But I can learn from it, and keep working to accept people as they are and not as what I want them to be.
Open discussion posts really ARE open for discussion. You can talk about whatever you want! The question is just to spark conversation. ^_^