uhhhmmmm
One of my guy friends from my work just told me that he doesn’t think that he has a shot with me....
What am I suppose to say to that? I feel bad because it is true. Not that I want someone necessarily better so much as different. For starters, he is not a Christian, and that is an absolute.
And really, unless it is THE ONE, I don’t have a lot of time to date right now. I am just starting to work toward my dreams. If a relationship isn’t going to last, then I don’t have time to string it along for a few months.
That sounds cold, I know it really does. And I am not saying that those relationships aren’t important. People that come into our lives even for a short time do impact it; but isn’t that even more reason to carefully guard who we let those people be. Some of them, however nice they may be, will only muck up the works.
Not that I actually do that very well. On the contrary, I tend to easily let any one who wants to be my friend into my life. Only I am not sure that that is the best policy, yet the alternative seems cold; protecting yourself at the cost of withholding friendship? When I ask myself if God would do that I know the answer immediately. No, of course not. Looking at only what positive things someone can bring you in friendship rather than the positive things that you can bring someone else is not right. You just can’t let them influence you to become someone that you are not.
That turned into a tangent, in other news:
I have started studying for the GRE and looking into different programs to get my Masters. I am trying to fight the fear that I won't get in anywhere--that I am not good enough. But I would rather try and fail than not try at all.
Between studying and training for the half I am just going to cut back my social life; I also have a lot of paintings that I need to finish.
What am I suppose to say to that? I feel bad because it is true. Not that I want someone necessarily better so much as different. For starters, he is not a Christian, and that is an absolute.
And really, unless it is THE ONE, I don’t have a lot of time to date right now. I am just starting to work toward my dreams. If a relationship isn’t going to last, then I don’t have time to string it along for a few months.
That sounds cold, I know it really does. And I am not saying that those relationships aren’t important. People that come into our lives even for a short time do impact it; but isn’t that even more reason to carefully guard who we let those people be. Some of them, however nice they may be, will only muck up the works.
Not that I actually do that very well. On the contrary, I tend to easily let any one who wants to be my friend into my life. Only I am not sure that that is the best policy, yet the alternative seems cold; protecting yourself at the cost of withholding friendship? When I ask myself if God would do that I know the answer immediately. No, of course not. Looking at only what positive things someone can bring you in friendship rather than the positive things that you can bring someone else is not right. You just can’t let them influence you to become someone that you are not.
That turned into a tangent, in other news:
I have started studying for the GRE and looking into different programs to get my Masters. I am trying to fight the fear that I won't get in anywhere--that I am not good enough. But I would rather try and fail than not try at all.
Between studying and training for the half I am just going to cut back my social life; I also have a lot of paintings that I need to finish.