The truth is that you can’t really rely on anyone but yourself
It doesn’t matter what the Disney Channel teaches
Or who wants to hold your hand
In the end, you have to be your own best friend
The only one that you can make stay with you through hell and high water
Anyone who says they don’t put themselves first
Hasn’t been pushed to the brink of their own mental sanity yet.
We are human
Disgustingly selfish by nature
And anyone that claims otherwise struggles with our other tendency
Intentional ignorance
People will never do anything selflessly
Even if they think they are
There’s some sick relief when you get to be assured you’re a good person
Because you raked a pile of leaves for your sick neighbor without payment
Or listened to jazz with your grandma, even though you hate it
Or stood up for someone who was getting harassed
People who say they only care about the community
The greater good
God
Scientific progress
The children in the ghettos of some Third World country
Whatever the hell is bigger than themselves that they have an attachment to
They might believe what they’re saying
But those are the most selfish, egotistical people on the planet
Because they let themselves believe they as an individual matter to where ever history is taking us tomorrow
So generous of them to loan their whole selves to “The Cause”
So disgusting
When the virus cures itself, there won’t be room for martyrs
And when the minorities get their rights, protesters in the masses will be forgotten
And when you don’t have anything interesting or mysterious left hidden to someone, they will eventually find someone with new issues and stories to discover
And then you’re alone
As you were the whole time
But now you have to notice.
There’s nothing wrong with surrounding yourself with people who care about you
And there’s nothing wrong with caring for them
Or trusting them
But in the end
It’s going to be you that you have to answer to
