Enemies

"You have enemies? Good. That means you've stood up for something, sometime in your life." (Cheri W. - family friend)

I really like this quote... and to be completely honest, I'm not sure where I'll take this post. So many people... too many... see enemies as a bad thing. And I'm not saying that I enjoy them... but Cheri's quote is true. That if you've ever stood up for something at some time in your life, you'll have at least one. I dare to take this a little further and add that if you've ever done anything great in your life... or if you strive to be the best at whatever you do you will have enemies. If you don't settle for what society calls the norm and you don't settle for good enough, you'll have enemies... and THAT is why I don't necessarily look at them as a bad thing.

I want to do great things in my life and I want to be the best at what I do. I sure as hell won't settle for what society calls normal because that's just plain messed up. And if Cheri is right, and I think she is, I have and will continue to stand up for things I believe are right and good. I'll continue to stand up for the things I believe are real. There is so much fake out there that it seems like too often what's real can't be found. That not only scares me but it makes me sad. I feel like I have a pretty good grasp on what is real, but then again, who the hell am I to judge... maybe I'm the one that's off here.

For as long as I can remember, I haven't necessarily thought the same way as a lot of people. So maybe I AM the one that's off here... maybe it's me that has trouble figuring out what's real and what's fake. And yet, then I'm led to look around myself and see people like Cheri, all of my closest family (will define what I mean by family later... that's also not necessarily normal...) and so many people that I have started to see coming out of nowhere that think like I do... and it's not only a nice feeling, but it's a refreshing feeling. Some of my fellow crazy thinkers have brought me the feeling that I'm not alone to so many things that I've thought differently about for years. And to me that's refreshing, as it is anytime you figure out you're not really alone.

This post is making me think too much and making me want to go in too many directions so I think it best to stop.

Thank you Cheri for an awesome quote.