Stuff Happens

Over the years I've come across a lot of people. Some have been good for me. Others...not so good.

The ones who have been "not so good" all have the same thing in common. Yet a new person could come into my life and do this same common thing that the others have done. Just that simple.

So I am reminded of a phrase that I've heard a number of times: People will only do to you what you allow them to do.

Is this really true?

These people who share a commonality in my life were all in my life at different times. They don't know each other, yet they've all done the same thing.

Is that because I allowed them, or is it just the way that things played out?

Certainly, when I met these people I didn't say, "Now I'm going to create a situation so that this person does exactly the same thing that 'Person X' did".

No, it never went down like that? So then, my question is...WHY did it end up the same way each time?

I dunno. Not sure if there's even an answer to the question.

Guess it's just one of those nights where I'm throwing my random thought out there, wondering if anything will come back.

And with that...Let the DIALOGUE begin! Do you buy into that whole "People will only do to you what you allow them to do" school of philosophy, or do think that sometimes, stuff just happens...again, and again, and again?

Talk to me!

Til next time...