To An End!

I've always known people to feel bitter about others and sometimes for no good reason and some for reasons best known to them.
I've seen and heard friends who became sworn enemies because of jealousy, envy, betrayal, backstabbing, etc.
I've heard friends turn against each other or one another and say terrible things about each other.
I never thought I would witness it, at a very close range.
I've never had problems with trusting people I call friends but I've been reminded yet again that we meet people for various reasons in life and we should let them stick to their roles and assignments in our lives and not think that everyone could be called friend.

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I don't know if I should feel bitter, sad, angry or shocked but I wouldn't deny the fact that at a point I felt all of these emotions, they came boiling at the same time but then again I realised how much of my trust I couldn't give out to this set of people I thought or considered friends.
There are things they do and I overlook them, but I never thought that to this extent would be such evil planned or even conspired against me.
Like what did I do? What wrong did I commit? How did I offend them to even think of such evil against me? It's so distasteful to think of, let alone speak of.
But what goes around comes around they say, and my happiness and joy always is that I couldn't just open-minded plan evil against anyone, how much more such wicked and disgraceful thought or thing.

I am ashamed to say I feel so disappointed in the people I dined with and call friends.
I don't even know what to believe or who to believe but I guess this has taught me not to have such cheap trust about people, especially those I tend to hold in high esteem as friends.
I don't wanna learn the hard way, the world is already too brutal to lose guard.
I will let this slip yet again because humans will never cease to be humans and I don't blame people for being different and thinking differently too.

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             30 September 2023