Sometimes I wonder how naive I must be.  Throughout my life, I've tried hard to be real and true to the people around me and I guess that I sorta expect the same from others.

Well, there are some folks in this world of ours who are "fake" and simply "users" and often clueless about their own self-absorbed limitations.

I've been lucky to have surrounded myself with good people.  Caring people.  Spiritual people.  Real people.  Real in the sense that these folks act true, speak true, mean what they say and do what they commit to doing.

But every so often I meet people who, at first, look and act like they're kind, caring, and true...but end up being unkind, uncaring, and fakers.

I'd like to steer clear from them.  It's a tough balance though...trying to discern how much to give to others, how much to trust, and how to recover when others turn on you or end up being less-than-trustful...or even downright cold and mean.

It perplexes the soul at times.

But that's how we grow.  Indeed, after the past couple of weeks, I've done a lot of growing.

An excerpt that I found that speaks volumes (I believe that it is a version/modification of a poem by Flavia Weedn entitled, "Some People")

Some people come into our lives and quickly go; others stay awhile and leave footprints on our hearts.  For the ones that leave the footprints, they could have left in good faith or left simply because they were not true in heart.  They leave not only in body but also in spirit and emotions... sadly because they were weak and unable to endure little trials in life or have the patience to hold on.  What mattered to them more was their own self indulgences.  Nevertheless....they have left footprints on our hearts... footprints to maybe remain for life....and for this.... we are never the same.