F R I E N D S
Declaration of Friendships In My Life Right Now
This was originally my friends page. The following passage is a Declaration of My Stance on Friendships in my life. It is not meant to offend anybody.
Upon graduating High School, my life did a complete 360 and I realized that I had no use for the comfort of friends. I love people. I love companionship but the truth is, I have nothing to offer to most of the people who I had, at one time, based my life around. I do keep in touch with a lot of the people who I graduated with but to actually say that I have "friends" would be too much of a stretch. Between work and school, I don't have time to devote to friends. I don't have time to hang out or even call anybody. I am devoting most of my energy to college and that is something that I wish I had done for High School so I don't apologize for this fact. As for those of you who are appauled by this, I do still care deeply for those I had previous friendships with. I'm not discrediting those friendships or the contacts I make on a weekly basis now, I am only saying that I don't have anybody (with the obvious exeption of Shawn) close enough to me right now to consider my "friend". I don't hang out with anybody and I don't think simply caring about somebody means you have a friendship with that person.
Graduation from High School
I graduated from High School about a year ago. I was, at the time, sad of course but looking back, I realize I am much better off now. Sometimes I still miss the foolishness of High School but I "fit" more in the real world than High School. I am a Freshman at Concord Universtity and I love college. The truth of the matter is that I have learned more in the past sememster of college that I did in the culmination of my entire High School experience. In any event, it was an era in my life in which I learned a lot about myself. I learned how to fit in, how to play the part, and most importantly how to just be silly and not take myself so seriously.
I love this statement. I first came across it one day when I was browsing the internet and it stunned me. The thought that being part of a couple means that that person no longer thinks for themselves is proposterous. I acknowledge the fact that some women surrender thier decision-making cells upon entering a relationship but this is also true of women who are single. I think a lot. I think for myself every day of my life and I am in a beautiful relationship with a man I love very much. I still possess the ability to think. I was, initially offended by this statement but then I realized the sadness of it. Whoever thought of the statment "I think, therefore I'm single" was probably searching for a reason to validate herself despite the fact that she was single. She didn't want to feel unlovded therefore she concluded that she must be single because she is incapable of surrendering her ability to think. I feel for her, I just wish she had chosen a statement that wasn't so degredational to women everywhere.
