To the people who don't give me a chance,
There comes a time in our lives In which we give up on people. Not because we don't like them or because we believe that it might be best for us. But because we just can't handle to know the choices they made. We take knowing someone's baggage or past as a reason to not to get know people. As a reason to only let people go, as we are afraid of what mets the eye. We are Afraid to see what is behind the walls, behind the rumors or the stories that we have heard. To hear what it is that the person is really like because we can't get passed the things that others have told us. Others that may not know the truth. That may not know the reasoning behind it or the things that a person has gone through. We are all guilty of it.
That's what this is for. To those of you who won't give me a chance. A chance to show you who I really am.
I may not be an amazing person. Because yes, I have made mistakes. I have baggage. But who doesn't??
I'm not saying that everyone I meet needs to get to know me or needs to talk to me. Because to be honest I don't want everyone to know everything about me. That is something that I am not going to do, explain myself to everyone. But don't be so quick to judge me if you don't know the slightest thing about me besides my name. You don't know what I have been through nor do you know what I may be going through. Like I said. I don't want to get to know everyone, but if I am trying to get to know you but you are already pushing me away because you have an existing idea in your mind about who I am. Then you have already decided what I am. Who I am. And you already believe what I have done. All the words In the world may not be able to change your mind because X amount of people have already confirmed the story. Expect the one it actually happened to.
However, think about this. Is one story my whole life. Who is it that I was and still am before that story? Is a persons life determined by the worst mistakes that they have made or is it possible that we are more than just our actions. How can you be sure that I am not different than what happened that one night, that I am not more than what others say.
Everyone says that we act differently than who we really are around certain people, we don't let everyone see the real us. Just the us that we show them.
The chances are that if I am trying to communicate with you and you are not giving me the chance to explain who I am or show you what I am really like. Than the chances that you could be missing out on seeing the real me are extremely high. Because who know what could happen if you actually knew who I was. Maybe who I really am is exactly what you are really looking for.
Speaking as someone who doesn't let people in. I believe that the only way to be able to give opportunities in life to find the best experiences and met the most amazing people are to look beyond the words used to describe them.
To those of you who have been quick to judge me, I don't blame you. I have made mistakes but I wish that you would give me a chance to be able to show you that I am not the person that you have heard about. That I am more than that. I come with baggage yes, but I also come with a background of more than that. I have just added a few sets of different luggage to my collection.
Give me a chance. But if you don't, just know that you may not really know what you are missing out on.
-The one you only know by a name.
