When You See Crazy Coming, Cross The Street ~Iyanla Vanzant.
When you see crazy coming, cross the street. Don’t go over to say hello. Don’t let yourself get pulled into the center of the bomb. Tick tock. Tick tock. It WILL go off. It is only a matter of time. Don’t be a casualty. Watch. Listen. Be alert and know when to get the hell out of there. Skip. Walk. Run away as fast as you can.
If you need to talk about it, then do. But be careful who you talk about it with. You never know who is listening, lurking, watching or reporting back. Confidential isn’t ALWAYS confidential–sadly, I learned this first hand from two human resource departments. Don’t talk about it in a gossiping way. This does nothing but make for bad karma. Talk about it for healing and rebirth.
Don’t try to understand it. I know that you want to. I want to too, but really, it is pointless. You can’t make sense out of nonsense. Trying to understand it will drive you battier than a baseball dugout. Let it go. Let it go.
So, what does crazy looks like? I am sure I don’t have to go into much detail on this. You have seen it, felt it, or even experienced it before. It can be as obvious as the person standing, nude in the middle of the street muttering obscenities out loud to as subtle as the back-stabber silently spreading untruths about you. Sometimes crazy can only be picked up by a feeling.
Have you ever noticed that we are the only mammal that senses something is wrong and continues to go towards it?Deep within we are programmed to protect ourselves–to stay away from that which threatens our peace and serenity.
Drama can suck EVERYTHING out of you. Make you lose your focus. Screw up your thinking. Drain your energy. Bring you down into the dark hole of despair. There are three sides to every story; his, hers and the truth. You will never know the full truth from someone who doesn’t trust you. The sooner you ACCEPT that, the sooner you will be able to move on.
People will talk to you. People will talk about you. People will talk around you. Consider this: Those who will tell it to you, may tell it about you. Not all people are what they seem. Nice, sweet, kind liers–I roomed with one in college–so sweet and innocent looking and very smart too–a manipulative genius–so good at math. Taking financial advantage of men–maxing out their credit cards, using their bodies. Smile to your face, but stab you in the back. Some even stab you in the face. The audacity of them. Who do they think they are– superwoman or superman. Either way, it doesn’t matter. Know who you are; what you stand for; don’t get on the drama train; and when you see crazy coming, cross the street.
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Lisa…this is one of my all time favorite quotes! I say it all the time. Yes, there are more inspirational quotes out there, but I think of this often when, well when crazy is headed my way. Love it.
K
Hi Kathy,
Thanks for stopping by. Yes, it is fast becoming one of my favorites too. Crazy is all around us. The form may change, but nonetheless, it is still crazy. The key is to recognize it as quickly as possible and get the heck outta there.
Indeed, drama will suck everything out of you.
I hate it and as such love my drama free life. Excellent advice. I’m staying as far away from crazy as I can.
Bryce
My take on drama is that it is there to test how well we rise above it.
Keep crossing those streets. :-)