If I Were You

I am still catching myself trying to live up to an ideal that others made for me, projected on me. Most people throughout my life have seemed to interact with me inly if I comply with their image of who they think I am or should be. Outside of that, I'm just being a jerk or an idiot apparently.

Granted, I do tend to connect with certain people a whole lot more than others based on their personalities, however most of the time I'm cool with just about anyone regardless of our differences. Politics, religion, morals, interests, etc. I try damn hard to meet everyone at the middle ground, where I'm able to truly see others as the physical expressions of energy in the universe, beings of light, rather than volumes of rules and dogma.

Here I am though, caught in that pesky trap where I try to be altruistic and humble yet here I am preaching a specific way of life. I suppose realizing and observing this is the one thing I should be doing. Too much thinking, not enough doing, observing, and experiencing these moments.