It has always been a question if having the loss of vision, gives an added difficulty to the process of making friends and forming relationships. It obviously does add the unexpected difficulties that one would not be expecting. The fact that it does influence the process of making relationships can be seen as taken for granted. Having the ability to make friends and other relationships in general, should not be determined by the amount of vision one has to see who is in front of them.

A crazy thought, however, is that people who can be seen as friends are sometimes not all that.   Seeing the people in front of us is not always the greatest explanation of who we are actually engage with. A recent incident took place of late and it proved my belief in such a clear way. I have a belief that the people we are around on a daily basis, can often be totally different when we are not looking. A few recent events took place to show how a person who was seen by many in a positive light within a group, changed so fast it could have made anyone dizzy.

The thing that I do not appreciate is that people like this, often turn situations in a way as to make all but themselves look like the bad guy. People like this are so often likely to change any interaction, conversation or simple act in way as to seek out all the wrong in all surrounding people who initially are innocent and just trying to have a good time and do what they are expected of.

In my mind, I feel like those who do not have energy to respect you, do not deserve the same expense of energy wasted on them. I learned the hard way that some people are too reliant on the ego boost from others rather than making an effort in maintaining what could be a worthy relationship. Instead of destroying the great things one has, keep it alive and put in the equal effort that is expected by all involved. Do not break what is worth keeping strong. I have been through many of these similar situations and did not really take the lesson the first time but after a while, you start getting an understanding for what is important and I definitely think that it is a waste to expend energy on those who do not see you worth their own energy expenditure. Whether I can see or cannot see who I am interacting with, it is down to the basic respect of human interaction and respect. I do not have to be blind in order to miss what is THAT visible to anyone.

“Authenticity:  The Courage To Be Yourself.”- Unknown…