Why is it that people tend to type-cast you as a certain personality type and, should you show signs of doing something not expected of you, they all decide you are phony or pretentious or something else negative and grouchy sounding?
Lets use me as an example, lab rat Jo!
I like being happy go lucky and easy going. I like seeing the bright side of life. I love to laugh and meet new people and make them laugh! It's damn nifty.
But I can have a temper to sometimes. I can be stubborn, I can be mean. I can be sly and I can be woefully naive. I can hurt people and I can be hurt by people.
I can be a total ass at times!
But should that destroy all the good things that are done? Make them worthless because today was not a peachy keen day? Humans are complex, faceted little creatures. We are all a mix of good and bad. It's something people sometimes find hard to accept.
And if we want people to see that we're human and make mistakes then we sure as hell better be willing to understand that they do the same!
(Which can be very annoying because we do tend to see ourselves as automatic good guys while everyone else is on trial.)
Anyway my ramblings are basically to say. Why not try see the innocence in other people? Give them the benefit of the doubt? Maybe they're just having a bad day today the way you had one yesterday? Maybe they're really not out to get you?
Just a thought.
TAROT CARD OF THE DAY - Death!
* What I think it means - Well I know death isn't literally someone pegging over. But I suspect it'st appropriate for a sunday. With the coming of monday and the death of all our hopes and dreams. (Me? Melodramatic? Never!)
* What it really means - The end of one chapter of life, and the beginning of another. Rebirth and new beginnings!
* How it could be influencing me - What a totally awesome card to go with what I wrote! New beginnings, how fantastic! What are yours going to be?
That is a very interesting thought Sparks, one i shall ponder a great deal over >:)
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