As I wrote my last post and then ran off to a birthday breakfast for a friend, I realized that I have learned to really enjoy getting to know other people. I have always been very curious about people but I wasn't able to enjoy the process, I was too busy worrying about how boring or ..... (fill in unflattering adjective of your choice) I was in comparison. I'm happy to say, enough of that!
I am much better at really reveling in the cool things I learn about others. Like the super bicycling art therapist, the former journalist who must share all of the details of her glamorous past, the friend who used to sneak out of the house in high school (and got away with it), the young 20s party life of several of you (it's a vicarious thrill thing), the woman who knows that you can have 2 chickens in your yard in OP, a fellow skater with a great sense of humor and funniest FB page and friends, and of course, the way, you all meet life head on. I could go on and on, but suffice it to say, learning how each of us got here, as the people we are now, is a wonderful experience in and of itself. Life is certainly richer as we go on.
I am thankful for the ability to see the richness and to be able to have it add to my own. Amen for friends.
1 comment:
are you namin' names at next practice? who is the chicken lady?
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