All that glitters, isn't gold.

There is something about the human spirit and experience that fascinates me. I had one of the most honest & heartfelt conversations with a friend today about my deepest fears in life. There are only a few people in my life that I've felt safe enough to share certain things with no fear. It all comes down to trust sometimes.

Trust is a hard thing to come by nowadays. As the years go by, even as the days pass, the amount of people whom I truly and honestly trust has dwindled to a very small number. I used to be a person that trusted a lot only to find out I gave all the wrong people the benefit of the doubt and trusted too many men. Shame on me, I should have known better then, but I know what I need to know now, thankfully.

Nowadays I've learned and accepted that forever isn't for everyone in my life. Things change, people change and that's just the way life goes. Everything in life happens for reasons and people are truly in and out for seasons. It's just the way it is and I can sleep at night with the comfort that after all of this ends in my life, when my college life ends, when my life in LA ends, when I'm not the President of my sorority anymore... I have my core group of people whom I call HOME....Who are unchanging, all-forgiving, always loving and have been there for 21 years of my life or damn near close its entirety.

I guess I used to take trust lightly and believe everyone was welcome to share my world. Not everything is necessary to share anymore. Not everyone needs to know my business or my problems. Not everyone has honest and good intentions like I thought and had to learn the hard way. Not everyone in the world has your best interest in mind. Everything that glitters isn't gold. So in the process of learning this, I created a world that is mine. Whose peace no one can bother. I choose for myself who I want to let into that world and who I want to keep out. It's the best decision I've made for myself in a long time.

xoxo.