People TELL you who they are.

I was breaking up with a boy & was HEARTBROKEN :(

My Dad sat with me quietly & said "Kiddo you know I was a snake once so listen closely to this tale:

A frog is floating on his lily pad & he sees a scorpion drowning at the water's edge. The frog quickly floats over to the scorpion. The scorpion pleads with the frog to let him onto his lily pad. & the frog says: "NO, you are going to sting me!" & the scorpion replies: "No, no I won't! I promise. I give you my word." & so the frog gives in & let's the scorpion come onto his lily pad. They float along happily for days. They laughed, enjoyed their days on the water & nights watching the sunset. Until out of no where the scorpion stings the frog. As the frog is slowly dying he asks the scorpion "WHY! Why did you sting me?!? You promised you wouldn't!" & the scorpion calmly replies "I am a scorpion. I sting."

No matter what people Say they are. Or who they Hope to be. A scorpion is a scorpion. If he looks like a scorpion. If he acts like a scorpion. He is a scorpion. He will sting.

Do not be shocked when a scorpion stings you bc You KNEW he was a scorpion when you let him onto your lily pad.

You can play naive & repeat all the lies he told you...but who were you lying to most?

Yourself.

People TELL you who they are.
Their actions. Their inaction. Their choice of words. Their lack of use of words. People TELL you who they are.

We just don't Want to listen.

Why?

Bc we think we can change them
Bc we want to believe that people can change.
Bc we want the I'm sorry that is said to be meant.
Bc we want to believe that people are inherently good.

It's time to accept that as kind as you are...
As kind as you want to be...

not everyone is a frog. Some people choose to be scorpions.

You can't get angry, disappointed, sad, shocked or surprised when a scorpion behaves like a scorpion.

You were warned.

See people for who they choose to be.

We feel bad seeing the bad in others bc we think that's judgmental or we are being too harsh. But scorpions are scorpions. They sting. That is a fact.

We are the fools if we choose not to believe this fact.

& We cannot cry over the damage caused by the sting bc we put ourselves in harms way!

It's up to you to Listen when people are warning you that they sting.

Stop trying to Beautify the situation bc you want a pretty picture.

Today, think of the times you KNEW someone was a scorpion but ignored it bc you wanted them to be a frog so bad! Why waste your time with scorpions that sting when you can spend your time floating happily on the lily pad of a loving frog :)

Xo