Some People Hide the Bad Stuff

Wolves in sheep's clothing.

Evil packaged in a pretty person.

Hatred disguised as love.

Bitterness with a side of sarcasm.


Yeah- some people are truly nasty.  And the kiddo is just starting to realize this.  I had hoped to hold off on this lesson just a little longer but here we are.  "Mom, how can someone change so much on the inside but still look the same on the outside?"

Sigh....

This lesson never stops.  Finding the good people, who are good down deep to their soul is probably the biggest challenge in life, for all of us.  Even more so when these people present a totally different image on the outside then what is living in their heart.  But what I've realized is that this evil will eventually spread so that even the most beautiful people will become ugly on the outside when they have this evil lurking inside them.

It becomes even more difficult when these people are in our own family.

And so begins a double lesson for the kiddo.

1st- People aren't always what they appear to be.  Some are very good and hiding the bad.  Proceed with caution.

2nd- Learn to search for the good and hold on to those who are beautiful deep down to their soul.


And let me just tell you- this is a lesson you will probably never stop learning.  Because those first people, the ones who are so good at hiding their true selves, they are also pretty darn good at fooling others.  So it's easy to overlook the bad sometimes, to dismiss the hurtful, sarcastic comments until one day- BAM.  You're blindsided and totally caught off guard by the hate and bitterness dripping off them.  Yeah- these people are so good at hiding who they really are, that even they probably don't realize how truly evil they are.  It's sad really....But at the end of the day, true beauty, true goodness radiates from within.  And there's no hiding that.

So as my son gets older- this is what I'll teach him.  That there are some truly beautiful people in this world.  People who love you, care for you and support you.  They are filled with love and light and because they are beautiful deep down to their soul- this won't change.  Hold on to these people.  Strive to be one of these people.  This is my desire for my child.