Epiphany
Ever had someone say something to you about yourself that totally shook you up?
Well that happened to me yesterday. This guy -for the sake of this blog we will call him Tom-, he and I have been chatting for quite some time now, met him on the internet, he lives in the UK, I live in the Netherlands, just normal stuff nowadays. Anyway he told me that I become a very uhm.. not so nice person, when I don't get my way or when I am angry.
My first reaction of course was to become angry, because I don't care how long we have been chatting, he doesn't know me in real life, and to be fair he is not the easiest person to get along with at all - I often wonder why we even talk to each other-. But that aside after calming down a bit, I realised that it did make me think about myself and how the world sees me. I admit I am not going to suddenly change to please people, but I do realise that I have a not so nice side that could have negative consequences in my future.
I'm not saying that mr. know-it-all Tom is right. However I guess I should thank him for making me critically analyze myself. Sometimes an outside view is just what we need to reveal what we do not see about ourselves. At least now I am concious of my moods and thus I can work on myself on that front.... Now only is know-it-all Tom could do the same with himself -.-
continuing my journey, one step at a time.
Well that happened to me yesterday. This guy -for the sake of this blog we will call him Tom-, he and I have been chatting for quite some time now, met him on the internet, he lives in the UK, I live in the Netherlands, just normal stuff nowadays. Anyway he told me that I become a very uhm.. not so nice person, when I don't get my way or when I am angry.
My first reaction of course was to become angry, because I don't care how long we have been chatting, he doesn't know me in real life, and to be fair he is not the easiest person to get along with at all - I often wonder why we even talk to each other-. But that aside after calming down a bit, I realised that it did make me think about myself and how the world sees me. I admit I am not going to suddenly change to please people, but I do realise that I have a not so nice side that could have negative consequences in my future.
I'm not saying that mr. know-it-all Tom is right. However I guess I should thank him for making me critically analyze myself. Sometimes an outside view is just what we need to reveal what we do not see about ourselves. At least now I am concious of my moods and thus I can work on myself on that front.... Now only is know-it-all Tom could do the same with himself -.-
continuing my journey, one step at a time.
Dee
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