Dec 24, 2007 11:23
i'm a little confused
you get dressed up on sundays for, maybe an hour and a half
tell me that you love me, but tell me everything you hate about me
so you hate me?
wait, you don't?
you said you hate lying, how can you like me?
so i'm just supposed to feel really bad when i lie?
ok, ok, so i'm supposed to feel bad when i even feel like lying?
back up, you're going to treat me funny if i don't hang out w/ your friends?
that doesn't seem right. not everyone in the world is your friend.
of course i like you. i mean. you're really smart. sometimes. and
i guess some degree of humility is ok. but.
see, i have this problem--i don't like being around people that just criticize me
all the time.
it's more of an allergy than anything
like, i just get nervous, and hot, and uncomfortable,
and start to sweat.
yeah, i know, well, it developed sometime when i was born. i got tested.
yeah, it's chronic.
anyway, i also have this attraction to people that like me. and it's even better if i kinda feel like they need me. like i'm important to them. you've got lots of friends.
it's not that i don't want to hang out with you.
i mean, look at you, you've got a nice home, good music, food, shelter, what can i offer?
no, i'm not saying i want you to depend on me.
only. maybe. appreciate me. like friends do, you know?
you're so busy hangin' out and setting an example, it doesn't seem like you've really got time for anyone else.
yeah, i know that was harsh, but i've got to be honest: i'm kinda tired of our friendship right now.
we've been together since we were young. i know you like a sister. and i'm not forgetting you. i'm just trying to figure out where i fit right now.
and right now you and i aren't going the same direction.
God, you're acting like i'm breaking up with you. can't you understand? try a little empathy for once?
here, i'll be honest: i don't feel like you're helping anybody but yourself. you claim you're helping others, and i'll be straight--when i'm inside looking out it sure feels like we're doing something, but from the out looking in...
we're fooling ourselves.
you know? seriously fooling nobody.
there are people that aren't your friends that need help. i know a person's gotta have priorities and they gotta look out for family and whatever, but it's like if they don't come to you, then you don't know them. i'm not down w/ that.
i'll tell you what: we still hang out with a lot of the same people. if i get the vibe that you've changed and we're running the same direction, we can hang more.
maybe we'll find out that we're not so different.
loss,
attitudes,
selfishness,
love,
trust,
church,
reconcilliation