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Yeah that’s the situation or more of the realization.
I am powerless over people.
I don’t know about you, but I can’t control people.
I try to, but it never works.
Forget about another person, I’m barely in control of my self.
Look, I want to control people, badly. Who doesn’t? I’m just trying to help.
Don’t we all feel compelled to have some influence over other people?
I don’t mean being a Machiavellian manipulator or an Instagram influencer.
I mean just getting the message across and hoping its received well.
I mean just being able to get a word in with someone and get them to do things my way because it’s better in my opinion, not that I am biased…
But I can’t even do that.
Why?
Well, if I have to be the version of myself that caters to the needs and wants of everyone I know and come across, I would lose my mind.
I’d feel like I am in a societal prison meant for insincere people.
No thank you.
Seriously.
So I can’t expect others to be the same way.
