Lie to Me

One of my most favorite quotes from a tv show:

Buffy: Does it get easier?
Giles: You mean life?
Buffy: Yeah, does it get easy?
Giles: What do you want me to say?
Buffy: Lie to me.
Giles: Yes, it's terribly simple. The good guys are always stalwart and true, the
bad guys are easily distinguished by their pointy horns or black hats. We
always defeat them and save the day. No one ever dies, and everybody lives
happily ever after.
Buffy: Liar.


Something that I've been wishing for since college ended was for the 30-year-old me of the future to visit the 20-something me of the present and tell me all the words of wisdom I'm hoping I'll have after this decade of my life comes to a close. I feel like there is so much that I don't know yet and it would be very helpful for the 20-something Aneesa to know it now, rather than later. Now, I know that the only way 30-something Aneesa will figure those things out is by 20-something Aneesa making mistakes but mistakes aren't fun to make.

The reason I like that particular quote so much is because I'm starting to realize how much easier life would be if that were the case - if the "good guys" and the "bad guys" were clearly marked - that way you would know what to expect from a person. It would also be extremely helpful if the good guys were, in fact always "stalwart and true" and the bad were always consistently bad. Growing up, I always thought that it was the case. Now, as I'm older, I realize that its not.