Archive for August, 2008

Next steps

12Aug08

I’m going to take a break from my break from being an introvert.


I have found myself disappointed in someone I love.  Again, I am realizing it is because of my assumptions/expectations.  Which brings me to #10 on the Billboard list:  I know him.
For all intents and purposes, I probably know him better than anyone else on this planet.  Why?  Because I studied him.  I asked questions.  I [...]


Expectation is defined as “a mental image of something expected, often compared to its reality.”  Most of us live our lives based on them – expectations of ourselves…of our parents…of our significant others…of our friends.  We expect that when we go to work, we will get paid.  This is why if you have worked for [...]


Pain is something that I am used to feeling.  So is hurt and disappointment.  I’m so used to it that I half expect that all of my relationships will fail me at some point, but I keep giving anyway…you know…just being myself.
But one time I let my guard down…and I loved harder than ever.  I [...]




*Sigh*

03Aug08

Sometimes, when one person is missing, the whole world seems depopulated.
~Lamartine