It’s hard to live life without running into some form of politics. Everywhere you turn someone is attempting to gain more by any means necessary.
I’ve found that as time goes on it becomes easier to sense when others are attempting to manipulate you with their words.
It’s sad that the world I know is full of politics and manipulation. I remember when I was younger and things were much simpler. More straight forward. There didn’t seem to be any angles, and if there were your only gain would be a toy or food. Even then, you’d generally want to share. Now, everything seems to have an angle, and a selfish angle at that. If you don’t see the angle before someone else does, you’re almost always guaranteed to be behind on the next opportunity to get ahead.
These days I find it extremely difficult to find genuine people. When approached by someone new, I almost immediately try to figure out their angle. Are they trying to gain something from me? Is this front they are showing me fake?
This is probably why I keep such a close and small circle of friends. Atleast I know the ones I keep around are genuine.
I dream of the day when I can rid myself of my manipulative surroundings, be rid of all smoke and mirrors, and enjoy the world the way it’s meant to be enjoyed. Not from any angle, but head on.