Need

 

The older I grow the less tolerance I have for needy people.

Need, once your basic ones are met and you have air to breathe, food to eat, decent shelter and the opportunities to make your life better, seems like a selfish trait to have.

I see people who need attention so much they are willing to substitute weird, odd, or bizarre for confident, popular, talented, even intelligent.

People who will do absolutely anything to get people to notice them, whether that is falling off a bike, making a scene in school, or church, or any other public place.

People who pretend that being different is all it takes to be cool.

People who cant, or don't want to, put in the work to do something worthwhile, to succeed, to stand out for their hard earned accomplishments.

These same people will complain and whine and moan and groan about how unfair the world is, or how mean and unkind other people are.  The world can be unfair and people can be mean, but feeling sorry for yourself will not change that.

I respect people more, who take even baby steps towards actually correcting their problems. Even admitting they have a problem is a step forward. Self blindness is not an asset. It is a character flaw.

There is no shame in being imperfect, but denying reality is shameful.