i understand

Why folks put their heads in the sand...or live in the clouds. Ignorance is bliss...who wants to hear bad news that will fill you with worry, fear, anxiety? I don't. Who wants to hear the problems of others....adding to a list of daily bench pressed issues? Who wants to be bogged down with negativity oozing through words of gossip?
I understand why folks put blinders on. Tunnel vision to and fro. Don't look back or left or right or behind. This may cause you to see and acknowledge others.... You may have to signal and warn others out of courtesy....who's gonna be nice in a world of 'go for yours'? When stepping on and over people is rewarded, who's gonna play good cop?
I understand. When u get brainwashed into believing negativity equals notoriety equals exposure equals popularity equals career. I get why everybody likes the villain. They get to say and do all the things we wish we had the brass to even utter or accomplish. When you get washed into believing that what's in front of you is all there is....and all there can be, you will get jaded. From rose colored to polarized, I'd keep my shades on indoors too if I didn't want to see the world for how it really is. I understand. To be told the world is yours but offered an Encyclopedia Britannica of fine print. And who reads anything anyway nowadays? You can't sign up or be taken care of if you don't sign of click to agree. Who do u contest to? When was the last time you saw a suggestion box? Or at least heard of the follow up based upon that input? I understand.
I used to live everyday not worried or concerned about the future. Live in the moment, they told me. Now that I'm responsible and aware, there is less living in the moment. I have to take care of my yesterdays, be here now and prep for my tomorrows. It can be exhausting....I understand how folks leave the path...drastic times call for such measures. I understand the frustration of seeing others simply step into their dreams while you have pick axe away...rock by rock... Somebody was simply handed the mine. The same one you gotta go down in and prove you can shovel/drill/haul with the best of them before you can even be considered to move up. I understand. Knowing you can do better in your sleep than them awake....but it wasn't your namesake....
I understand.