Fault-lines of the soul

There are bad people in this world my friends, bad people in my life, it's as sad as it is true. People who, I guess, don't like to see others happy and content with the world; who want to try and upset the apple cart some, you know? People who you begin to trust and accept into your life to some degree, who you confide in and feel comfortable with. People who then use the confidence they have gained to use against you. A mistrust. 

I have confided maybe too much, given such people the insight and the understanding of knowing how to displease me and to unsettle me. It's very sad, it's hopeless - you expect such people to be happy for you. It has angered me in the past and I have let that anger show to some degree, I have taken the bait, let them know that they are winning. But winning what? A war of attrition? They are more than welcome to attrition - perhaps it's what such people thrive upon and live for. I do not need it within my life, I attempt to treat people the way I wish to be treated; I may not always succeed, but at least I try.

It saddens me, not personally, but I feel sad for them. What kind of life must they lead where the only satisfaction they derive is when they attempt to deprive others of their happiness and to blight their day? Maybe there are answers that should not be sought? But there are lessons to be learned, always.

Do not let bad people into your life my friends, just walk away. Choose to fill your life with fun, joy, wonder and laughter whenever and wherever possible. Look up and see the beauty and the mystery instead of down at the cracks in the pavement - the fault-lines of the soul.