False Sense Of Confidence: You Ain't So Tough By Heart

I remember back in psychology class, our professor narrated a story of wimp who was built up someone who loved. It turned that the wimp started to grow in confidence but he took for granted that person who gave a lot for him to reach the top and worse of all, he treated her like dirt. The girl saw through him and after realizing what an ungrateful jerk he is, she dumped him. Now he's back to being the wimp that he is and regretting his arrogant behavior. That false sense of confidence that people tend to abuse reminds me of the song "You Ain't So Tough" by Heart.

Apart from not abusing the support people give you and valuing those who value you, I also learn what happens when you get a false sense of confidence. People who wind up like this reminds me of Icarus flying towards the sun. They think that they can conquer the heavens. Then the heat gets too much and they crash back to earth with a literal and emotional splat. The worst part is that no one has their back cause they already turned their backs.

People give us support because they want to help us but that doesn't mean that we automatically turn arrogant and think that we can discard them after our egos inflate. Life has a way of putting us in our place and exposing who we really are. Just because we got people behind our backs doesn't mean that we should act like jerks. Once they're gone, paybacks are going to be a pain! Only then will we really that we're not that tough.

Need To Reconnect With Followers/Got Your Back: Allies By Heart

One of the things I missed since the community I joined shut down was the support that I got from the people I interacted with. I gained a lot from their support and it felt good connecting with others who were also into blogging. All of that came tumbling down when some jerk hacked my blog and as a result, it was it listed a a danger site on all the search engines. Though I finally cleaned my blog, I am back at square one and only a few of my followers visit (John Marine, Dad-O-Matic, thank you!) which makes me want to re-connect with them again and revive the relationship we had. Missing out on those days when we had each other's back and wanting to re-connect with them reminds me of the song "Allies" by Heart.

In that brief period, it felt really good to connect with other people. the messages they left and the support they gave inspired me and made me feel that I was going somewhere with this blog. When the malware hit me, it came at the worst of times as I needed the income I started generating to supplement my earnings to help out with the expenses at home. When I still of the financial and social loss due to that bad act, it still hurts me and it feels like somebody just set my house on fire and ran away with all my money.

As I'm starting over, I miss the legitimate people who visit my blog and gave their support. Lately, I've been joining other blog communities in the hopes that I revive that success that I had with the community that I was once a part of. I also want to generate some income and sustain to help out more in the house. This doesn't that my sole goal is just money but I am grateful to those who helped me out. and I'm going to try revive my relationship with them this weekend. It felt good to have others watching your back just like true allies and I hope I gain that again.

Reminds Me Of My Early Days In The Real World: Dyslexic Heart By Paul Westerberg

I really am getting so old these days. The fact that the white hairs on my beard are getting more prominent is a sad fact of that. Apart from faciamil hair, even sideburns are starting to show some strands of white. I'm starting to long for the early years after I graduated from college when I had enough money for weekend gimmicks and life was just starting. Longing for those days reminds me of the song "Dyslexic Heart" by Paul Westerberg.

This was part of the soundtrack from the movie "Singles" which depicted the lives and loves of young adults who are just about to make their way into the real world. You were excited and free to try new things on your own and being single, you'd to check to spots with your pals and party hard all night. The difference was that you were doing it on your own steam without having to ask from your parents since you were making your own money. Since you were already old enough, there were no more restrictions on what you wanted to do and where you wanted to go. It was pure freedom at its best.

These days, you go out after you make sure that all the business is settled. There are now more responsibilities to take care of and very little time for leisure. Priorities come before gimmicks since you have to be careful how to budget what you have. Oh well, at least we all had a taste of the good times. We could re-live but we're now getting older.