All The Kings Horses & All The Kings Men ...

For a friend
Our thoughts and instincts are funny at times. We convince ourselves of certain truths or beliefs and hold true to them for years. We experience events that change the way we look at someone or something, and hold to those experiences. We change our views and expect nothing different. Sometimes things get ruined for us, and other times a new door is opened. Days will pass, and sometimes we can revert back to the way things once were. All we need is time more often than not. Perhaps someone to "undo" what was done in the first place. I, as most of us, have had my fair share of experiences both good and bad. I've struggled through bad times and smiled through good. There have been moments where someone has changed my views or outlook on life. Images have been ruined and recreated. I've altered my beliefs. I think it is safe to say that certain people have impaired my image of others. Made me judge more. Made me stray from what I would have run to before. None of this makes sense really, and it shouldn't. We build reinforced brick walls sometimes when life screws us over, and refuse to pull them apart when the time is right. We fear the worst. We have our hearts broken and some scars never heal. We distance ourselves from what we have seen in the past, perhaps losing out on great opportunity. I've never claimed to be smarter than the next guy, or any better than anyone else. I do know that I've learned to recover from my falls and broken hearts, and start new from the beginning. My bricks don't stay up long, as I've been to the place before and don't feel anyone should be denied the opportunity to be let inside. Others I know have walls as high as mountains that can never be climbed. They are shut to the world, because of something that cut so deep they felt there was no other choice. Emotions get shoved in a box and feelings are never seen. Where am I going with all of this? I have no idea. Just know that for every brick in your wall there is one in everyone else's too. No one can tell you to take it down. Just be sure to peek over once in a while and make sure you're not missing out on anything. Life works is mysterious ways. Give it a shot, ya never know what could happen.