sometimes, people lie. and sometimes, people lie and get away with it. people hurt people, marring them beyond recognition, changing them...and they go on to live their lives, not noticing or caring about the wake of destruction they left for everyone behind them.

hurt is a funny thing. The person doing the act of hurting seems to hold all the power. In a sense, they control the situation. People can only take so much hurt, you know.

The problem is, the continual hurt...the arrogance of the one who holds the hurting power..they carry that. They carry that weight everywhere...EVERYWHERE. It's a constant reminder that they, in fact, are small, and hurting people makes them feel like they carry a big stick. Like they have weight.

But the people who are hurt, marred, even...they get to sleep at night. Yes, they have to deal with the pain. But they get to lay their head down on their pillow at night, weight-free. They get to forgive, and be free, and LIVE. 

The person who does the act of hurting, they don't get that.

It's interesting who holds the power, really.

Go forth and live.
xoxo Lydia