I finally understand what Machiavelli meant when he said, “Never play fair in a game where others cheat.” It doesn’t mean become evil. It means stop being naive. Stop bringing honesty to people who study manipulation, stop giving access to people who weaponize closeness, and stop expecting clean hands from people who already showed you they’ll throw dirt. Sometimes wisdom is not revenge. Sometimes wisdom is learning the rules of the room before the room uses your goodness against you.
It's extremely important to learn how to be ok on your own. You have to learn how to pick yourself back up when you fall, provide for yourself, wipe your tears away & make yourself happy.
Having people there for you is truly great but you can't depend on them to always be there
Not to toot my own horn, but I have always been an amazing writer. Like since I was a kid. My mom was an amazing writer when she used to write and her mother before her was as well. I never thought I could get paid to write well and yet here I am. I love the work I do.
Don Lemon: “If Barack Obama had sued his own government, settled with himself in secret, created a billion dollar fund with no congressional oversight to pay his political allies. What if he did that? They would’ve had him in chains before sundown. The National Guard would have been called in. Impeachment articles would have been filed. Can you imagine Fox News?”