I know its not the new year yet, but i assume that tomorrow night i may be too drunk to post a new one. Looking back on the past year i realize a few things.
I find that i focused way to much of making friends. I changed who i was a lot just to make myself interesting. i find that i focused on finding love too much. I have found that i find things that i am looking for when i am not really looking for them. I found the person that i care so much about, and in the beginning my exact words were "I am not really looking for a relationship". He later told me that he had hoped that even though i wasn't looking for one, i would consider him anyways. I am glad i did. I found that i payed a lot of attention to the little things that meant nothing and put too much into them that wasn't necessary. The old saying "no use crying over spilled milk" holds true in a lot of situations. I found that i hold way to high expectations in people. Sometimes i search the whole world for the perfect person (weather it be for a friendship or a relationship) when i should be looking where i am at for a lesser perfect and a higher norm. I have found that there never really is a perfect thing to say in a situation like this. And that i can't solve everyones problems. That sometimes i just need to sit up with a friend and listen to them cry. Maybe the perfect words can be found in silence. I have found that you can't make everyone happy. That sometimes they may or may not settle for what they can get and that sometimes weather or not they do that, well hey, you tried right? I have found that a lot of times, you can learn lessons by listening first, and talking later. I have found that questions aren't the only way to learn. Sometimes you just have to think. I have found that whats wrong to me, may not be wrong to you. And that sometimes, apologies aren't needed. I apologized just so that the other person knew that i knew i had done something wrong. And i have found that there are times when they will know without me saying anything. I have found that its okay to be wrong. Its okay to be different. Its okay to have a different opinion. I have found that you can't always convince someone that what you believe is right and what they believe is wrong. And that me trying to make them is only forcing my opinions on them. I have found that its good to stand up for what you believe. And its okay to change your beliefs.
But i think the most important thing i have learned this year is this: Change isn't always bad. Could you imagine living in the olden days when there was no soap, the people all had one religion, and there were people on the side of the road with diseases on their faces because personal hygiene wasn't the new fad? we don't live in that sort of world for two reasons. One, well someone invented soap, and two, Change. I will leave you with this quote by Herbert Otto:
Change and growth take place when a person has risked himself and dares to become involved with experimenting with his own life.