Dog Eat Dog World

Don’t be Shy

In order to get ahead in this world, you need to be ruthless. You cannot care about anyone’s feelings but your own. It’s a dog-eat-dog world out there and your bite has to be worse than the next guys. Otherwise, you’ll drop dead in the water. Stagnant, something that once was but isn’t anymore. 

Is this really the truth? Is this the way it has to be? What happened to kindness and turning the other cheek? Does that not apply anymore? Have we really come to this as a society? No one cares about one another anymore. I’ll take what I can get and screw the next guy. As long as I get what I want, everything is good. 

Should We Stop and Help

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If you are driving on the road and someone has a flat tire by the side of the road; do you stop and help them or do you drive on by? Are you a Good Samaritan? Or do you think to yourself,” does this person really have a flat tire or will he attack me when I stop to help?” Is he or she secretly a serial killer who wants to do me in? Or just a normal person who really needs my help because they look like they are struggling?

Days Long Gone

Years ago, none of the above questions would have entered my mind. But now they all do. As a female there is no way I would stop by myself because what am I going to do? I don’t know how to change a flat. It may be a different story if my husband were with me. But then again maybe not. Gary has a concealed carry. He doesn’t always carry his gun so I’m not sure what would happen in that scenario. I’m thinking he would be more comfortable if it were a female instead of a male. Then again, females are trouble also. Does the name Aileen Wuornos ring a bell? She was a female serial killer. Also, a prostitute, many men lost their lives because of her. They were blissfully unaware she was a threat until she killed them. 

The world is a different place than the one my husband Gary and I grew up in. I’d hate to be a police officer now. A routine traffic stop can turn deadly in a hot minute. Not that it couldn’t back in the day but there is so much violence now. It scares me. I’m glad we live where we live in a small Podunk little town. Not that nothing happens here, but if it does its mostly small stuff. We do not have gangs here. (Not that I know of anyway.) 

Bad Behavior

I’ve seen people attack one another at Walmart. Especially during Christmas. Shoving others out of the way so they can get the latest gadget. Black Friday shopping. It’s why I never go. There are so many people who just do not give a s**t. It’s sad to think of. It leaves me worried what kind of world my grandkids will face when they are grown. 

Faith In Mankind

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I’d like to think not everyone is this way. I’d like to think there are many people out there who still have a kind heart. That there are those out there who still love to give instead of take. Give of your time and not expect anything in return. 

Faith in mankind. It’s hard. I’m still willing to believe there are more good people than bad. That being said, at times when I watch the news, I’m not all that sure. I’m thinking we are all better off knowing nothing that goes on in this world. 

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Go off the grid and live your life how you want! 

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