The Road to Somewhere That Nobody Took

I write as if my reader is about to potty their pants!

Because we are all slammed for reading good juicy stuff on our piece of technology. This stuff is supposed to remind us that life is short, or that life is good, or that dreams can come true, etc.

The Road to Somewhere That Nobody Took… describes a recent shituation [no typo] I experienced.

Maybe you have also experienced this?

If you haven’t, you probably know someone who has.

So, I recently participated in an event with one of the non-profits I support. While at the event, I bumped into a couple of ex-coworkers.

I was happy to see them and greeted them with, “Hey! Hey! How have you been!?”

Then, I get the LOOK…

You know that LOOK.

The one when somebody hasn’t see you in a long time

…And they don’t look so good

I’m not saying the I’m All-That-And-A-Bag-Of-Chips

Side note: I have always been confused as hell, where and who created this saying!

And more importantly, the significance in a bag of chips.

Why does it have to be a bag of chips?

Why can’t I be all that and a pair of Christian Louboutin pumps…

The 80’s pained me with some of the sayings we had…and not knowing the origin of this awkward saying!

Let’s get back to this post… The energy and half-ass smiles I was receiving from my ex-coworkers were pathetic.

What to do? – – – How to react? – – –

Then, I realized they never took the road to somewhere. In other words, they had not experienced any self-improvement. – – nothing new – –

The old saying, “Take a look at the five people you hang out with the most…You’ll have the average income, average weight, average thoughts of those five people.”

My ex-coworkers were still hanging out the same people they’ve known for the last ten years.

They hadn’t met anyone new who could have influenced them with positive changes –

Problem solved!

I realized very quickly that not everyone is a dreamer and an action taker. Not everyone wants to improve, learn, or make more of their life.

Seeing my ex-coworkers with their crappy attitudes and negative body language, helped me to realize that they were connecting with themselves and connecting to their own personal lack of ambition.

Haters? No, I would not put them in that box… they were not haters.

In the few moments that we shared, they asked me, “So, Sharon what have you been up to these last five years?”

I believe when I shared with them my endeavors and my challenges I have conquered, it made them realize

…in their five years they were still doing the same thing and bitter about it.