Scribbles & Thoughts

I’ve worked hard my entire life to gain and maintain my independence. I’ve learned from personal experience and on multiple occasions that to depend even a little bit on another person or persons, is to forfeit your personal freedom. When someone offers you a gift, you’d better think long and hard before accepting it, since in many (if not most ) cases, your acceptance of said gift is the same as signing an invisible waiver to your personal rights—they gave you “X,” so you now owe them; and they can call that loan at any time and for any reason they deem appropriate whether you like it or not. Does that make me sound cynical? I fear so. At least to some degree. Or perhaps, at the very least, guarded . As a natural born peace-keeper, my growing up years were spent primarily in that purpose—to say, do, and be all things to all people and, above all else, make sure everyone was happy with me . However, as a teenager, I began to really think my own thoughts, have my own views, fe...