We Three (My Echo, My Shadow, and Me)

I think that most of us know people are going to disappoint us. Most of us have come to accept that. We've come to expect that. I believe that most of us know that we are not always going to be happy with people. We're going to argue, and get our feelings hurt, and receive broken hearts. Being disappointed us is not the scary part. The scary thing is waking up one day and realizing that we are the disappointment. That is the thought that keeps us up at night. That is the nightmare that makes us sweat in our beds. There is nothing scarier than finding out that you are the problem.

Here is some logic: If we expect people to disappoint us, then they expect to be disappointed too. Any rationally, if people are going to disappoint us, then we're going to disappoint people too. It's a harsh reality, but it makes sense. We start arguments. We hurt people's feelings. We give broken hearts. Sometimes we won't add up to someone's standard. We will inevitably fall short sometime. None of us know what we're doing. We're looking for some semblance of a connection, but we don't actually connect with people until we make it through the hard times with them. Maybe this life is a journey. Maybe there is a start and a finish. Maybe we have a purpose. Maybe we're just here. We're all still looking for something. And when we disappoint someone during that search, we feel remorse. We have regrets. All of us do. Even those of us that say we don't do. We all wish we hadn't done something, or had done something, or stood up for someone, or kept our mouths shut, or avoided a situation. We all have regrets. The key is to apologize and move on.

"Who would've thought it would end up like this?"

--- The Script "Before the Worst"