are you pondering what I'm pondering?
I've been thinking a lot lately about my upbringing and how I turned out to be who I am. The best thing (on a long list of good things) my parents taught me was a sense of personal responsibility. I've come to a point where I just own my shit. Mistakes, successes, I claim my actions as my own. How better to recover from mistakes and repeat successes than to admit culpability so I can analyze what led to those outcomes? It was interesting that I had been pondering this, because today I ran into a friend/acquaintance from elementary and middle school who I hadn't seen in years. Since I last saw him, he has taken control and made some rather dramatic changes for the better. It seems that so many people are so willing to wallow in discontent, and he broke out of that rut and made a conscious change. I had been sort of following his progress on LJ, but to see him in person created a totally different schema. Anyway. I was very impressed. Josh, you kick ass.