Remember

Here's a few pointers that I want you, future Desmond to remember.

People Suck.

Never trust. To trust is to be let down.

Never let your mental guard down, mental weakness is death

Be cordial at all times, you never know how/when you may need people

Do not let people affect you, you’re too sensitive, at the same time, your hard exterior should never/can never crack. If it does, run! Run for your life.

People are only ‘there’ for you as long as it is feasible to their person. This is perfectly acceptable, no one owes you a thing. No one is obligated to give you so much as a hair pin.

People listen only to themselves. As wise as you may be, you’ll never totally change who another person is, even if implementing one change suggested by you changes their lives in the best way possible to them, learn to accept that and don’t be disheartened to see them living in misery after totally ignoring your advice.

Love is not a permanent state of being. All good things come to an end. Believing in love as a state of eternal return is disillusion. It leads only to heartbreak and a feeling of insecurity. People change, your perceptions of them change, love them while they’re there, let go of them when necessary.

You work hard. Too hard for your own good. Your work is beginning to consume you until all you are is a product of your work, that’s all you will be recognized as. Your substance will fade away to make you a stuffed shirt. The purpose of such involvement in work hasn’t yet been dissected, when it does, you’ll probably be made aware of some deeper depression that it hides.

You’ll always just want to be a musician. Your dreams were broken so early on, that all that remains is a sense of unaccomplishment. You’ve forgotten what original passion feels like, all that remains now is nostalgia and the feeling of emptiness.

From a person lacking in self confidence, to a person faking confidence to real confidence, you’ll now complete the cycle and revert to your initial setting. That’s where you fit in. You can never be anything other than what you were destined to be. A person that lurks in the shadows of life. I hope when reading this, you have lost your interest in the spotlight. Its only done you harm. Trying to pull on a mask so elaborate has its adverse effects on your core personality.

People all around you will eventually fade away into a haze of half remembered memories and barely memorable faces. You’ll always be the constant in your life. Treat yourself well! Getting yourself worked up for things are aren’t permanent in nature while ignoring the obvious permanent factors will lead only to further depression.