Yield

I want to give up.


Not on life...but on most people.


I'm tired of the way people treat each other, the passive-aggressive bullshit, the judging, the self-righteous hypocrisy, the inability to allow others to learn or to have challenges or even to have other interests beside what has been deemed appropriate. I am tired of being the object of scorn, ridicule and/or malicious gossip, of being chastened like a child, of being singled out for minor infractions. I am sick of the two-facedness, the snide remarks, the back-handed compliments, the censure.


Is there a place in the world where people are accepted for what they can do instead of what others think they ought to do? Is there a place where diversity is cherished rather than conformity? Is there a group of people who see strength first and encourage each other toward amelioration? Or is the world just one large pool of insecure, petty individuals who speak like they care about causes yet secretly (and sometimes not so secretly) undermine all efforts? At what point did we become a world full of solitary entities attempting to earn the one prize, a prize that isn't meant for just one person?


I want to give up.


I don't know how.