I was reflecting a bit on what some people have told me about respecting me and caring about what I think and such. There's a certain happiness inside when people feel they need to worry about what I think about them or they want to satisfy me because they respect me. At the same time, I am also concerned that people are trying to be something they are not just to impress me or satisfy me. As a whole I'm glad people respect me. It's good to know that I'm myself and people like it.

However, back to my concern, I hope that people are trying to be what they aren't in an attempt at impressing me or that they care what I think. For the most part, I don't think anyone should care what others think unless there is an issue that needs to be resolved. What I mean is like if someone is doing drugs and everyone around them is dissatisfied with that ... I think it's important to listen to others and what they think in a situation where something may be being done wrong. Other than that, it's more important to be yourself in almost all aspects. There are times when I think, "well maybe people will like me better if I'm different" but hell to that. You can't pretend to be something you're not ... certainly not for your entire life. SO, I won't do it and I don't expect others to do it.

I will say that I do try to make all people like me but I do that without changing who I am. It's a trick, lemme tell you, and there are times when people just walk away not liking me because of who I am. Welp ... it's their loss, not mine. That's what I have to say to that.

Thanks to Steve, Gretchen, Matt O, Dave, Megan, and others for the kind words thinking I'm funny/kind/good friend etc. For the record, I'm not really funny ... I've just fooled you all. ;-)

Anyway, that's it now. Bye!

P.S. I'm still waiting for those "favorite thoughts with me" comments! Comment below for the post in relation to it.