I Just Don't Understand

how some people behave the way they do.

Immature.

Close-minded.

Unable to move on.

I just don't understand how people can think it's alright to take "sides" when they only know half a story (and the half they DO know is coming from someone who is renowned for emotional tugging)

I realize that I'm still just in college and only a year out of high school but every time I think I am finally getting away from that childish, silly behavior . . . once again, it hits me like a ton of bricks.

I see and hear it happening around me constantly. I have it happening to me.

Is this what human nature has come to?

Is it an inevitable future that we will always regress back to the days of gossip, slander, scheming, "sides," and the "mean girl" mentality?

It is becoming a bad thing for someone to stand up for themselves and for what they believe, even if it is different from everyone else.

People are shunned and looked upon with a sneer as if they have no right to voice their own opinion.

Is our species becoming so insecure that people aren't able to handle it when someone who may not be as intelligent, or beautiful, or tall, or rich as they are speaks out against them?

What gives some people the idea that they are so much better than everyone else and that the mousy wallflower has no right to speak at all?

I feel bad for people like that. One day they will realize that beauty and money can only get you so far and it's the mousy wallflower who finally decided to break out of her shell that will have the most success, be the happiest, and have the most fulfilling life possible.

I understand now . . . but will they ever learn?