Does Misery Really Love Company? – Not in My Universe!
An acquaintance and I were planning a tea party. Never had I attended nor planned such an event. It was going to be grand. I researched a variety of teas and crumpets. I even handpicked and purchased the good china. I had never been so excited. Since the planning involved many moving parts, we enlisted the assistance of a third party. This was a great addition because he was someone we both trusted to help carry out the details.
Suddenly the planning stopped. One day it was this excuse, the next it was another. I didn’t really think much of it initially because my partner had a lot of other responsibilities that called for her attention. In my mind, she needed time to handle her personal and very fragile business. However, the situation grew strange when our third party assistant began to make up excuses for my partner’s absences before ditching the planning as well. Then it happened. An invitation crossed my path for a tea party being given by you know who-the two of them. They ditched me to plan a party that would be all their own. To top it off, I was not invited and was never supposed to even find out. All of my ideas and my good china played starring roles in their event. How dare they?
PAUSE. Check Yourself, Girl! Why are you giving this any energy? The thing that people fail to realize is that they are and forever will be on the receiving end of every miserable act they wish upon others. They’re living, but they’re not learning. It’s the cycle of misery. Like Ms. Ceilie said, (Yes I’m quoting a movie), “Until you do right by me, everything you think about is going to crumble. Everything you ever think about is going to fail.” It’s no wonder so many people are so unhappy so much of the time. But I’m not singing Miss Celie’s blues. No ma’am! I just know that we can be the creators of our own stagnant, miserable lives.
When you look up and wonder why your plans have not unfolded the way you’d hoped or your name wasn’t tossed in the hat for the big move, charge it to your ugly ways. Being underhanded serves but not well. No matter how hard you work to slither your way to the top, you’ll only slide back down to the very pit you created for others. Even snakes need to watch out for the mongoose.