
I hope people will say that I am a genuine person, someone who keeps her word and stands by it. The traits of a genuine person are empathy, integrity, consistency, honesty and kindness.
I tend to stick to those markers or at least I try to. So I hope that people will see all those qualities in me and appreciate them as well. You don’t always get as good as you give because there are those out there who march to a different drumbeat and those things I just mentioned are seen as belonging to a pushover. I try to see through people for what they are but sometimes it is hard and I wind up getting hurt.
These days, I do speak up for myself and “genuineness” only goes so far and then I put a stop to it. It is working out to my benefit and I like the new me. However, going back to the DP, I hope that they will say that she was one of a kind, a truly nice and genuine person. One can only hope!
“Genuine people don’t come around too often. If you find somebody real enough to stay true, keep them close.” Unknown