girlypie

I'm feeling very frustrated and confused.

Everywhere I look it seems that all people want is copies of themselves. In relationships, people say that they want someone with similar interests but often times they actually want someone who is JUST LIKE THEM.

I am not trying to pretend that I don't want to surround myself with people who are like me but I have respect for diversity and I am interested in getting to know the people I come into contact with because I find people fascinating. Not only do I want to know as much as I can about different topics and how other people view things, I don't want to be a one dimensional person.

These feelings have been building up all day long and several incidents have increased my disappointment. I just read something posted by a mortuary student who was warning a girl interested in the business that it sounded like she had the wrong motives for wanting to go to mortuary school. Of course you should have respect for the work, but people think that their motivations are always the 'right' way of doing things. There isn't one reason for doing things. There certainly isn't always a clear, definitive right way.

People are different. Everyone is unique and not everyone is going to think the way that you do. And you know what? You aren't always right.

Ugh, I know this entry sounds hostile but I am sick of all of this. When you don't accept someone or shrug them off as being unimportant, you are passing judgment on them. And more than likely, they notice and are hurt.

One of my best friends is at a conference right now. She wrote an excellent and inspiring paper. Everyone else in the class wrote about some aspect of their lives.

Missing out on getting to know people is, I think, one of the biggest mistakes people make.Other people notice things about life that you might miss and learning new things makes life more interesting and beautiful.

I am so sick of people only liking people who belong to the same association, or who have the same job, or who have kids so they think everyone else they befriend has to have kids too.

Of course I have been guilty of this too but I realize that I have been dismissive in the past and I make an effort to change and to be a kinder person... even to people I don't like and especially to people who aren't a lot like me. .. Rant over but please, try to be nice to people. Try to get to know them. Ask them how they are and really care to hear their response.