A new [FB] friend just made that comment to a status update I made a little while ago.
I left my Kindle on the plane coming back from SAN on Friday (I didn't realize I had done that until Saturday night!) and just got a call today that it was turned in.
The comment about good people was posted by this man DJ I met on Wednesday in SAN. He was at the bar we were celebrating S's birthday at after seeing "Moulin Rouge" on the big screen at Birch North Park Theatre earlier that evening. We just clicked right away (or is it that he let me be me, Queen Interruptus?)
Anyway -nice and a bit...dramatic (his post on can't do anything right...) And then he made the good person comment.
Even though he just met me, I'm taking it as a compliment. :P
That is so good to hear, in light of a recent little melodrama with me and my emotional response to a message from the Birthday Boy. He told me something I did...wrong and I decided to take it badly. I was doubting my worth as a person.
But instead of continuing to be hurt by it, I'm going to use this as reminder that a person shouldn't take things personally from friends who love you and truly have your best interests at heart. I'm going to choose to feel the love and not get so defensive. I'm going to see what are some things I can get out of the experience that will help me grow as a person.
So I have mentioned that I'm on this ...learning to be a better person kick...right? And part of being a good person, to me anyway, is being unselfish. And part of being unselfish is thinking about what is someone else thinking/feeling. It's caring about what is important to someone else and wanting to make them happy.
A week ago today, I was looking forward to spending some time with some important people. People who make me want to be that better person. People who I love and for some strange reason (! :P) love me back.
Getting to spend time with people that have known me ...forever it seems ...is such a good thing. The comfort of being with those with whom you can be yourself with is a gift.
This is a another reason for me to like my life. Because I've got such great people in it. I want them to be happy too. Or at least content.
A Google search brought me to some great articles about being a good friend, how to show sincere interest in others and because there are some friendships I want to renew (and some I don't) how to end a friendship (or when it's time to know when to end one) ...good, balanced thoughts on all of the subjects. (This is why I heart Google.)
OK, now it's time to get out of my head. Though I'm not sure what to do with myself next.
Maybe just get back to getting up each and every day and focus on putting one foot in front of the other (slowly, damn these bad knees!)
And maybe time to think about finally joining the Y. (Damn those bad knees!) Home day today. (Damn those bad knees.) I think this would be a great week to try out the fitness room in the building -see if that will be fun and interesting and helpful enough to get me motivated to start caring about my physical self again.
*sigh*
Musings from a big and beautiful sometimes "drama queen" on her current state of existence
What's It All About?
"The unexamined life is not worth living." Socrates
While you’re here, in this time and in this space, you are beautiful and you are perfect.
You are right where you need to be to get to where you want to go, so start asking yourself where you want to go.
Noire
She'll be 2 years in 2 months! Time flies!
Things I'm grateful for everyday....
- My family
- My friends, old and new.
- A roof over my head.
- My computer & internet access
- Being employed (even if I don't always like things about my job)
- The public library and the joy of borrowing books with/on/for my Kindle
- That I can walk on two legs, use 2 arms/hands, have ten fingers/toes, can see and hear, etc. (uh, no offense to anyone who is physically challenged)
- Other people's creativity and efforts
- The love of a good man (he IS good)
- My friends, old and new.
- A roof over my head.
- My computer & internet access
- Being employed (even if I don't always like things about my job)
- The public library and the joy of borrowing books with/on/for my Kindle
- That I can walk on two legs, use 2 arms/hands, have ten fingers/toes, can see and hear, etc. (uh, no offense to anyone who is physically challenged)
- Other people's creativity and efforts
- The love of a good man (he IS good)
Current Favorite Quotes
“Be content with what you have, rejoice in the way things are. When you realize there is nothing lacking, the whole world belongs to you.” - Lao Tzu
"The privilege of a lifetime is to be who you are." ~ Joseph Campbell
"Reflect upon your present blessings, of which every man has plenty; not on your past misfortunes, of which all men have some." ~ Charles Dickens
"We either make ourselves miserable or we make ourselves happy. The amount of work is the same." -Carlos Castañeda
"..there’s something lovely about knowing that when it’s right, you really know it’s right because you’ve already been through all the wrong." ~ Sade
"Be who you are and say what you feel, because those who mind don't matter and those who matter don't mind." ~ Theodor Geisel (Dr. Seuss)
"Twenty years from now you will be more disappointed by the things that you didn’t do than by the ones you did do. So throw off the bowlines. Sail away from the safe harbor. Catch the trade winds in your sails. Explore. Dream. Discover." —Mark Twain
(This bit not so much as a quote but somethings I wrote down that I want to keep and this looks like a good place to do it)
7-25-07
1. Almost everything comes from almost nothing.
2. The best way to predict your future is to create it.
3. Leap and the net will appear.
"The privilege of a lifetime is to be who you are." ~ Joseph Campbell
"Reflect upon your present blessings, of which every man has plenty; not on your past misfortunes, of which all men have some." ~ Charles Dickens
"We either make ourselves miserable or we make ourselves happy. The amount of work is the same." -Carlos Castañeda
"..there’s something lovely about knowing that when it’s right, you really know it’s right because you’ve already been through all the wrong." ~ Sade
"Be who you are and say what you feel, because those who mind don't matter and those who matter don't mind." ~ Theodor Geisel (Dr. Seuss)
"Twenty years from now you will be more disappointed by the things that you didn’t do than by the ones you did do. So throw off the bowlines. Sail away from the safe harbor. Catch the trade winds in your sails. Explore. Dream. Discover." —Mark Twain
(This bit not so much as a quote but somethings I wrote down that I want to keep and this looks like a good place to do it)
7-25-07
1. Almost everything comes from almost nothing.
2. The best way to predict your future is to create it.
3. Leap and the net will appear.
Facts of Life (per Sonya Friedman)
- 1. No one can bring your life to you
- 2. No matter what you do, someone important isn't going to like it
- 3. Though painful, rejection won't kill you - it may even lead to growth
- 4. Every choice means giving up something different
- 5. Some people aren't capable of giving you what you're trying to get from them
- 6. The way you treat yourself sets the standard for others
- 7. There are no quick fixes that can permanently change your life
- 8. Life is on a rheostat, not an on/off switch
- 9. Some problems cannot be solved - but you can make peace with them