My friend would often say,”Man you’ve gotta be a little less optimistic about life, everything doesn’t work out.” I took that comment not-so-seriously and have seen a series of let-downs.

Everything turns to dust, as said by many poets though the course of history (but I most specifically remember the lyrics of In the end by Linkin Park). There’s no point being hopeless about life anyways if you ain’t gonna enjoy it and see the bright side, but one thing that the subject Accounts has taught me that I can practically use in daily life is- Prudence Principle.

The prudence concept, also known as the conservatism principle, is an accounting principle that requires an accountant to record liabilities and expenses as soon as they occur, but revenues only when they are assured or realized.

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That basically means- Don’t count your chickens before they hatch. So never get over excited about good news about something, cause life has a way of turning things around VERY RANDOMLY.

Also, I used to see the bright side of things always, In fact I still do, but that’s really let me down a lot. I’ve thought that people would change in the future, Ive thought that things would only get better between a girl and me, I’ve thought that friends would remain true to me…I’ve also thought, that people care.

I’ve been let down. Maybe because of my own expectations, which arose because I saw the potential in people. I now realize, while writing this, why I am never truly happy in my present because I am always hoping for a better tomorrow. Always thinking, what’s wrong today, will change in the future and trust me I have worked on that, I haven’t just sat there and hope. I ran out of patience I guess.

So, the crux of all this is, that patterns in people do not change that easily. So don’t even expect someone to change. I mean we don’t even realize that we find it so hard to change ourselves, so how little a chance do we have to change someone else! If we want something, we must go after it. “Hope is a good thing” Andy from The Shawshank Redemption, but do not let hope misguide you into believing something that isn’t there. Change comes and comes hard.

Someone may be a great partner but totally destroys their ex, someone could be a great friend but also an expert bitcher. These counterparts force us to reject the beauty and know for a fact that they aren’t yours. These people feed on those who don’t know them well, hoping they would change being with them, but in reality, its their expectations of change that lead them to fall down, which in turn hurts the weak one and gives them another bitter experience, which in turn makes them more experienced.

That’s the cycle of love and life. No one is perfect, but always be prudent.