I haven't blogged for a long time. I'm sorry. Then again, maybe I'm not. I guess I just haven't been feeling it. Uggh, I am such a diva.
Last night I partied it up with my girls from Hogwarts. We went to pizza and a musical chemistry show. Baby Carrot drove me around the city; we had some great quality bonding time. I was surprised about both how little I knew about her and how similar we actually are. We're going to be really good friends, I think.
I've been getting surprised a lot lately. It's made me realize that I never really used to like surprises. People were as I saw them initially; nobody changed in my eyes. I'm a lot like Lizzie Bennett from Pride and Prejudice in that respect. For my perceptions of those around me to change, I had to admit that I was wrong in the first place. I don't like to do that. But now, I am really really truly ashamed of that part of myself. I am making an effort to believe the best of all people, no matter what they look like or what I've heard about them or anything else that people use to pass judgement on others.
So now, I really do like the unexpected. When someone surprises me, I gain a friend.
I am trying so hard. So very very hard.
Methinks you have had a lot of life's lessons in the past 10 days or so. I am proud that you accept surprise and learn and grow.
ReplyDeleteChris Van Allsburg said yesterday that surprise was a sensation he never enjoyed and he had to learn to accept it for the gifts it brought whether good or bad.