GenQ - For the not so straight individual

Tired of calling friends and they never call you back? Tired of leaving text messages and not receiving one back? Tired of doing your part of the friendship? Tired of making time and not having the other party follow through?

I know I am.

I can understand when people say that they don't want to answer their phone every time it rings because they don't want it to own them, since I do that sometimes as well.

And I know it may take a few hours or a couple days but I always have the common courtesy to do what I described in the first paragraph.

With this simple annoyance of enduring peoples lack of communication I've thought and keep learning the same lesson.

I've learned that you can't force people to do anything and that you can't force anyone to change, that we can't infringe on a person's free will. Change is a natural thing that happens when someone is ready to accept it.

So why do I find myself pushing situations and people?

I do it because I believe in the positive and the good in people.

I think taking accountability for your actions is one of the most humblest things anyone can do. If you can own up to a mistake and learn from it, that is golden. It's what makes life's journey a smooth and understandable one.

But when you keep repeating the same mistakes over and over and not learning a lesson, whose fault is it? Yours for not realizing it or me for not pointing it out?

We can't live our lives extending hands out to those that don't appreciate them or even want them.

I can't always be there waiting for people when it's only of convenience to them. That is not only apathetic but selfish on their behalf.

'I've got to get a move on with my life.'