Bridges and Cliffs

Here I am once again, on the key board. Expressing the events that take place in my universe. Today, I have an actual lesson as opposed to mere events. Nothing dealing with the law or "The Man" today...lol.

For those of you who know me in real life, I would like to think that I'm a very smart, intellectual young man. I've been told many, many times, that my age in wisdom FAR surpasses my anatomical age. I've learned a countless number of lessons in my 20+ years of existance, and one lesson that I'm taking on now in my life is this:

Sometimes it's just better to walk away from the cliff instead of burning the
bridge.

This can be used with lots of different situations. In this particular case, I'll use people. Some people are just destructive. I'll even go as far as to say crazy. Mentally distressed. Something to that effect. Anywho, when dealing with people like this, "burning the bridge" may seem like the best plan of action. Cutting off all ties to them - "buring the bridge" - might help the situation at the moment, but in the grand scheme of things, I really don't see how this can help anything. They might be out of your life, but you are still in theirs. And I must say, this is something I'm realizing/learning as I write this. No matter how much you try to remove yourself from specific individuals/things COMPLETELY, they still find a way to cross that bridge back into your life. In conversations I've had with people, I find that most people "burn bridges" when friendships are damaged, slander/libel is committed, etc., etc.

Walking away from the cliff, as I'm realizing now, is so much easier. All it requires is acting as if something/someone doesnt exist anymore. Now, please dont let this be confused with a problem. If you have a problem with someone/something, address it and get it dealt with. And afterwards, no where in the book of life does it say you have to remain in contact with this said thing/person. Just continue life as normal. As if they never existed in the first place.

And frankly, after much thought and analyzation, it requires much more energy to burn a bridge than to walk away from a cliff. That extra energy could be used to do something constructive...like think, read, solve problems, you know...the things scholarly people do.

Well internet, I'm gonna get off now and get back to writing this research paper...smh...

One last thing before I go, I witnessed selective ignorance today. It may have been one of the saddest things I've ever experienced.

On that note, Good day and Good night.