Choice
If I am alive 5, 10, 20, 50 years from now and look back to this time, what will I see? Will I smile with fondness? Will I grimace at my mistakes? Will I remember my troubles, my woes? Will I remember my friends, my loved ones? The Present seems to stretch its presence, yet it will pass. The Present is where I am, where my presence is able to make a choice for the future. Haha, get it? Present. (lame joke)
My choice is... I will not compromise, but I will not give up either. Perhaps then, 50 years from now I'll be able to say "I did my best".
Relationship
What makes a relationship "close"? What makes you say, I am closer to such and such, not as close with such and such? Is it the level of knowledge, comfort, trust, love? However you define a relationship, you would agree that there is such a thing as a "closer relationship". So how does one go about explaining such an occurrence?
I was talking with Matt the other day, and well, we couldn't figure it out. Five weeks is not an awfully long time to have known somebody, yet I would describe him as one of my closest and most trusted of friends. Common interests? Common goals? Common personality? What makes two people click, and what makes others not? "I just don't click with that person" is one of the non-personal ways of saying "we can't be friends" without offending anyone. Friendship, in that sense, is spontaneous. (At least the kind of friendship I'm describing here)
Family, may also have its "clicks". You may find yourself getting along better with some members and not as well with others, even though they're all your family. You simply... don't click. This does not diminish love, it simply becomes... different.
You may try to simplify relationships by acting and speaking in clear, straight-forward ways, but the heart does not always follow the mind's guidelines. It has a mind of its own, running where it pleases, regardless of any outside influence. And that is what makes a relationship of any kind have complications.
Sometimes you need to let go, sometimes you need to keep trying, and always, you need to have courage, for their sake and yours.
If I am alive 5, 10, 20, 50 years from now and look back to this time, what will I see? Will I smile with fondness? Will I grimace at my mistakes? Will I remember my troubles, my woes? Will I remember my friends, my loved ones? The Present seems to stretch its presence, yet it will pass. The Present is where I am, where my presence is able to make a choice for the future. Haha, get it? Present. (lame joke)
My choice is... I will not compromise, but I will not give up either. Perhaps then, 50 years from now I'll be able to say "I did my best".
Relationship
What makes a relationship "close"? What makes you say, I am closer to such and such, not as close with such and such? Is it the level of knowledge, comfort, trust, love? However you define a relationship, you would agree that there is such a thing as a "closer relationship". So how does one go about explaining such an occurrence?
I was talking with Matt the other day, and well, we couldn't figure it out. Five weeks is not an awfully long time to have known somebody, yet I would describe him as one of my closest and most trusted of friends. Common interests? Common goals? Common personality? What makes two people click, and what makes others not? "I just don't click with that person" is one of the non-personal ways of saying "we can't be friends" without offending anyone. Friendship, in that sense, is spontaneous. (At least the kind of friendship I'm describing here)
Family, may also have its "clicks". You may find yourself getting along better with some members and not as well with others, even though they're all your family. You simply... don't click. This does not diminish love, it simply becomes... different.
You may try to simplify relationships by acting and speaking in clear, straight-forward ways, but the heart does not always follow the mind's guidelines. It has a mind of its own, running where it pleases, regardless of any outside influence. And that is what makes a relationship of any kind have complications.
Sometimes you need to let go, sometimes you need to keep trying, and always, you need to have courage, for their sake and yours.
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