Keep Your Cool

What a great gesture my friend had to offer a truce, put aside our emotions, keep the peace in order to celebrate the family coming together for a baptism. My sister and her family is coming too, and it's a time to forget all our differences and move on. We should avoid drama above all and we know who these people are, so it's best if you stay away or disengage. Do not think that you can talk your way out of an argument or an impertinent question just to dig into your business. I simply care less for gossip; if I'm to hang, it better not be about talking shit about someone else. If they say something negative about someone I care for, I won't stand for it. I have to say in my defense, that was the first time I took it in my hands to say anything, but this person later admitted to being wrong and apologized, and I waited a day or so before I accepted her apology. You give others the chance to see that you have mercy. No need to go on a crusade against whatever it is others want us to change into. And we should desist of trying to change anyone but our own selves.  Don't fight it either: you don't pretend you can make people change their minds?

Luck is knowing how to throw the dice. Once I was asked about how to get lucky, and I said: "It's simple, don't rely on luck." A thought crossed my mind: there's no tomorrow, just now, and maybe putting a few dollars in a safe won't hurt.
I want to have a good time with my family and not relive some gruesome aspects of our past and bring back the bitterness and pain. No need for that, and I feel awful for having let my feelings get the best of me. What I'm more proud of is, I kept my cool and I tried to put out the fire. Next time, I'll just try harder. It's imperative to keep the peace, it's not like we have to see each other again anytime soon. Oh, well, let the show begin.