Disappointment...

  Funny how we think we've known someone our whole lives, to find out that were wrong. You think that you know their favorite colors, games, all their little habits, and you come to respect them as a person. But then in one moment of blinding clarity you see that person for who they really are. Suddenly they have a whole set of habits they've hidden from you, their favorite things to do are suddenly lame and boring, and you realize that maybe, just maybe they're not the same person you've known. I've underwent this recently with a family member, I thought I knew very well. Wrong! Not only does he do something stupid that I would have thought he'd never do, he does something else that makes me so furious I can barely stand to think about it. Then his habits have changed like the way he talks to someone he loves. I wrote on my messenger the other day "Funny how you think you knew someone, then you find out who they really are and suddenly you don't want to know them anymore." It's so true! I would rather not know him then get angry and disappointed every time I look at him. It's almost like losing them, because to me the person that I loved and cared about isn't there, he's been replaced with this rude and scandalous individual and I don't associate myself with those kinds of people. All I can hope is that he will eventually change his ways, but I doubt it. Influence is our strongest weapon to wield, but an even stronger weapon to possess is the courage to stand above everyone else and not lose yourself as an individual.