JUST BECAUSE YOU MADE COUNTLESS OF BAD DECISIONS IN YOUR LIFE DOESN’T NECESSARILY MEAN YOU’RE A BAD PERSON

I’m so sick and tired of people around me (some I even consider my “friends”) judging me and other people as well. People make bad decisions in their lives but that doesn’t make them bad people. I know some have their beliefs about smoking, sex, drugs and other related stuff and I respect that, and in return I hope you respect my beliefs and other people’s, too. I hate how people would be so judgmental about it and look at me like I’m a different person— like I’ve changed because of what happened/what I did. What really sucks about this is that people’s feelings get hurt, best friends talk shit behind their best friends’ backs and eventually, friendships get destroyed in the process. I may have done crazy things in the past but I wish people wouldn’t focus on just that. I still know my boundaries and I always make sure that my education and passion in life won’t be affected. You know, there’s more to a person than what he/she have done in the past. I wish people will always see the good in others and learn to appreciate a person despite his/her mistakes in life.

I guess, the only good thing I can make of out of all of this is that I can figure out who my real friends are— people who are always there despite the fuck-ups. But right now, I decided not to waste my time on this anymore because I don’t live to fucking please people. Everything’s great when you don’t give a shit. From now on, I will live for myself, my friends and my family. I may end up only having a few friends but at least they’re real, they know who I am and they will always be there to stay no matter what.

Photo by Pat Nabong with Jelito De Leon