Realizations

It'd be far easier, I believe, to just dislike people. It's much harder to dislike someone who you pity, or feel sympathy for. This can be filed under "duh" and is, I'm quite sure a universal. This is not new information.

What new is realizing that, in fact, there are specific people for whom I feel no great affection, and who I would be much happier with if I didn't realize that their lives really come from a direction that I'd be better off pitying them for. No specifics please, let's keep this cerebral.

So, do I pity, do I dislike, or do I just write off?

My life is an O.Henry short story, and with every twist, I wince just a little bit more.