Have you ever watched any of those, “Real Housewives of…” shows that are, (at least initially), broadcast here in the U.S. on the Bravo Network. They’ve been around for quite a while by this point in time, starting with the Real Housewives of the O.C., then Beverly Hills, then…
 
If you watch them, what you will witness is how many of the cast members are so self-orientated, so self-serving, so selfish, so backstabbing that they go at life and they go at each other without a care for anyone but themselves. They do this until they are caught doing what they are doing. After they are caught, they lie, they deny, and they make excuses for their actions. It’s really a scary microcosm of life.
 
In some cases, over time, you can see how fame has really taken hold of some of them, causing them to become this next worse version of themselves.
 
Most of the time, on these shows, what is portrayed is not filled with happiness or help-full-ness, but only conflict, arguing, backstabbing and self-serving behavior.
 
These are popular shows. Obviously, they are as the franchise has expanding to many cities, with many offshoots. My lady has watched a couple of these shows since their inception. I really dislike them, however. I hate to see people behaving in that manner. And, I really hate to be hit in the face with a world of self-serving conflict. My lady exclaims, “That’s real life.” But, is it? Maybe it is, but does it have to be?
 
I know there is conflict in this world all over the place. I understand that people only think about themselves, and most, generally, have very little care about others unless those others serve their decided upon greater purpose in some way. But… 
 
It’s kind of like two days ago, when I was driving down this street. This new BMW comes jamming past me and others, swerving in and out of cars, driving between lanes, and doing some really crazy shit to get where he was trying to go. I steered clear, of course. Up ahead, I see him coming up towards a large intersection. He jams around this rather junky SUV, via the median and into the left turn lane where the SUV was traveling and totally sideswipes the front fender of the SUV. The driver of the SUV stops, wondering, “What the fuck,” I would imagine. The driver of the BMW, now with the side of his nice new car scraped and smashed in, slows down for a second, and then jams off. He got aways with it. But, at what price? He didn’t care. Maybe he’s got a lot of money and fixing his car is no big deal. But, what about the driver of the SUV?
 
That’s not too different from this other situation I witnessed about two months ago. It simply had a slightly different outcome.  I was driving down the 110 freeway and this brand new red Ferrari comes jamming past at a hundred plus miles an hour. The driver was swerving in and out of traffic. I obviously took notice of the car and its speed, but I’ve witnessed that kind of nonsense before. A few miles up the road traffic starts to greatly slow. When I pull past, the driver of the Ferrari is standing out in the middle of the freeway next to his totally destroy car. You know, Ferraris are not built to take a hit. He obviously clipped another car, due to his speed and his not caring about any other driver, and BAM that was the end of that. The Ferrari was toast. There he stood, surveying the damage he had instigated.
 
The moral of these two tidbits… People only caring about themselves cause vast damage to not only the lives of other people, but to themselves.
 
Watching shows like the Real Housewives, you (me) can’t help but question, why would you associate with a person like that? I know, I know… The answer is money and fame. And sure, that’s why the powers-that-be at that network cast people like that, people who will cause a controversy. That’s what people, like my lady, like to watch, these dumpster fires in action. But, that does not have to be your world.
 
I know, in life, we are each going to encounter people who are not all that nice. I know I have. I know I’ve had to deal with some liars, some stealers, some judgers, some backstabber, some self-thinking hurters of other people. So yeah, “That’s real life,” as my lady proclaims. But, I don’t want to be a part of that. I don’t want to be reminded of that. I don’t want to take part in a life defined by that style of behavior. I certainly do not want to watch it on TV.
 
So, as is pretty much the case with at least most of the things that I write in this blog, it all comes down to you. What do you create? And, why do you create it? Do you create a world, dominated by what you want, defined by whatever it is you can do, be it good, bad, or otherwise to get it? Are you a fame, power, or money whore who is only trying to get what you can get, so you can flaunt it to the world and live that so-called, “perfect,” life, however it is you define that to be? And, who and what have you hurt to get there? Who and what are you hurting right now? Who and what have you destroyed, like that Ferrari, on the freeway just so you could jam past everyone, pretending to be better and more than the everyone else? What have you caused to occur by you driving too fast just because you can?
 
Many people in this world are not good people. Many people in this world do not care about anyone else but themselves. Many people in this world lie to cover up their negative actions; both to others and themselves. But, if you get to where you get to, with pain and suffering in your wake, where have you actually gotten? What have you actually gotten? And, what will be the ultimate consequences of what you have done?