Thursday, February 5, 2009

Religious Hippie 101: No holding back!


Every single day I seem to learn something new about my self, one of them is that nothing seems to impress me, no seriously absolutely nothing. Sometimes when I meet new people I notice they do something that mostly a lot of people do, they brag about how great they are, and I'm like oh my gosh if you have to boast about yourself you've pretty much lost my interest. I don't know what it is but when ever I hear people brag I often feel like their hiding something from others or they are afraid people won't like them for who they really are, or their just insecure. I guess the real reason bragging really doesn't impress me is because my father loves to boast and brag about himself. I do not not have the best relationship with my dad and it seems when every I'm around him he is more interested in bragging and showing off to others instead of trying to show how much he loves his daughters. Thats why when ever people try to impress me or brag I see a piece of my father in them and it scares me....Another thing I learned about myself that stems from not being impressed by anything is that I try to boost peoples confidence and show them their great qualities, although I do not do that enough for my self I noticed when people compliment me I bring myself down, not because I think I am inferior its just a habit. I recall developing this "bad habit" in elementary school I lost a lot of friends because we would often try to compete with one another, those are usually the worst friendships although some people enjoy it, I DON'T! All of my competitive friendships ended with me and the other person completely disregarding one another. Another thing I also learned about myself is that I am the peace maker I always want everyone to be happy and comfortable I love making people feel like they can be their "real" selves around me. I kind of have that hippie mentality peace and love rules my life I remember having two friends in high school who hated each other but I was friends with both of them, to make a long story short I stopped being friends with one of them because I realized I couldn't solve every problem I faced and that not everyone has to be friends or even like each other. My mom always tried to teach me not to change people because only God can change his children, so I'm still trying to accept people for their flaws and all...

1 comment:

Ashley Venus said...

It's okay I'm a flower child at heart too! And I also don't know how to take a compliment that well either. When someone compliments me I always feel the need to give them a 100 reason of why I'm not great.