A while back, a co-worker and I were talking about how our initial impressions of people can change drastically once we really get to know them. People are so rarely what they seem based on their "public persona". While I don't have any reservations about sharing my dirty laundry over the internet (although I probably really should); it does give me pause to think that people may think that they know me based on random light musings of my personal life. Someone recently made a comment towards my flippancy...nothing is ever as simple as it may seem.....
I have had two black eyes in my life...one from an avocado (yes, really) and one from an ex with a lousy temper (and a rather weak right jab); I have dealt with a medical disorder for most of my life which has landed me in the emergency room on two occasions and for a period of time, caused a seemingly endless series of trials and tribulations (some bordering on amusing, many others not so much); I was robbed at knife point (so don't ever think it would be cute to startle me from behind); I've been run into three times (in my car by other cars); my house has been burglarized (I really have very little of monetary value so what I lost was priceless); my cars have been broken into and stolen; and I've been lied to, cheated on, and stolen from by people who I entrusted with my faith, heart, and possessions.
Everyone has their story...their demons...their hurdles to jump over or sometimes run into or sometimes trip over headfirst. Some people choose to turn their story into a drama...some into an adventure...I prefer to turn mine into an offbeat comedy. The one constant I have found is that if I can still find some humor...no matter how dark, warped, even slightly disturbing...then I am still finding a reason to continue creating my story and that will always be a good thing.
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