Have you ever had two completely different reactions from others on one of your personality quirks?? I had that today. I tend to say "I know" a lot when people give me advice. I don't say it in a way that means stop telling me that because I already know what you're getting at, but more in the sense of I realize what you're telling me, now I need to figure out what I'm going to do about it.
So at one point in the past someone told me that I shouldn't say that because it was prideful and gets in the way of me improving my character...okay, duely noted. But today, my mentor just smiled and said you're going to say that to your kids one day in an I-know-you-don't-want-to-do-it-and-I-empathize-but-do-it-anyway sort of way. It was nice the way he meant it and viewed it as part of my personality that would be treasued by future generations rather than something I should change.
Sure there are things about my character that could use a little tweaking, but I am who I am, and I'm rather happy with that girl right now. Let me get to know her first before you tell me to change her.
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