There is a someone who I've been repeatedly compared to over the past while. Though we do have external things in common, this person makes me cringe whenever I'm around her. I have heard enough comparisons between us,in fact, that some subconscious part of me started taking these seriously.
I'm not sure when this happened. What I do know is that while enjoying some cranky Pandora music, I noticed the quickly-passing thought of, "I can't like this because so-and-so likes this kind of music." That made me pause for a second. I like to think that people are who they are, only; not that they are who they are as a specific reaction to one person. Right. Since I live by myself without finals currently, I've had time to think through and notice all the different life aspects where these comparisons have infiltrated. There are a lot. Alas.
So I'm in the process of reclaiming bits of me. These bits like cranky music, ice cream, walking, my circle of friends, and believing that emotional intelligence is just as important as regular intelligence. So I'm thinking I'm done with the competition bit. I have a lot of awesomeness on my side. It sucks knowing some people, unfortunately, but if life was always easy it wouldn't have terribly dramatic bad t.v. from the 90's.
Moral of today's story: surprise! It's orange-pineapple juice!
An Erinku:
I like the idea
that a certain
musical chord
holds up the clouds
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