Do you ever feel that there are so many people around you that constantly want things from you? I haven’t figured out if that’s a good thing yet or not.  Maybe I’m a really cool person and everyone wants a little bit of me, that would be okay, but it just seems that lately I give, give, give so much, that at the end of the day, there’s nothing left for me.  After being therapist for everyone else, who’s listening to me at the end of the day?? Sounds selfish, but I think I need to be more selfish.  I try to be so nice to everyone, and it’s a genuine nice, not I’m going to be nice becasue I have to. If I’m nice to you, I usually mean it. If I don’t say anything, that’s when I’m trying to be nice by not saying something mean. I don’t know.  There just aren’t a whole lot of genuinely nice people around anymore, and it’s sort of frustrating to be a nice person when no one else seems to give a fuck.  Why do I waste my time? Is it worth it to be nice for the sake of the few people who care anymore? Maybe.  Maybe not. Will my niceness spark niceness in others? Not likely from what I’m seeing.  But back to people wanting things from you. Friends want support and advice from you. Your job wants you to be all you can be every day. Your parents want you to be everything that they wished they could have been. It’s stressful. And when do you think you actually have time to sit down and think about who you are as a person and what you want out of life? Hardly ever. It’s all a conspiracy. Work work work work work….don’t think think think think think. Keeps everyone in line. Don’t need any radicals thinking of how we could live our lives differently.  That would be anarchy. Whatever. I’m in a bad mood. Seems to be the trend lately.  Tomorrow, walk down the street and count the smiling faces and the frowning faces.  Oh freedom…We boast of our freedom because we are too blind to see our chains. -The Jungle   I love quotes.