It's the first one of three. And looking back at my college career, I'm very proud of the things that I accomplished. But if there's one thing that gives me some disappointment, it's that I did not garner enough respect. And this has been the most ungentlemanly side of me. Frankly, I do not think much of being nice. I walk down the street, I'm a man of my word, I'm good to the people who are good to me, and I don't really care about what anyone else does. I ask myself, why do I have to approach any freshmen if I'm a senior? If they were that dope, I would know them already. To me, there was a balance in this process. Why be nice to anyone if they're just going to take advantage of your kindness? Plus, I feel fake as sh*t when I'm forcing myself to be nice. "You need to give respect to get respect." is what people say. But you can't respect people you think you're better than. And I'm not going to say I'm better than everyone. I like to think I achieved more than some people and less than others, and I can give out my respect accordingly. And also, the thing about being not nice, people know where you stand. If you're nice, you want something. If you give change to a bum, you think somehow karma will pay it back to you. If you're not nice, then you're not asking anything from anyone.
In the end, this line of thinking will not get me far.
"If you're not nice, then you get shorted in the long run." - Ici
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