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| Ever had that one person that really ticks you off? Almost to the point
where you would hit that person where it not for the authority figure
standing there? Try to place yourself into their position. Why would
this person want to tick me off? What did I do to them in the
past? Could the be holding a grudge?
Many times, people overlook what they did to people, only seeing what
people are doing to them. I can't really blame them; humans are
naturally selfcentered. But only when you are able to look past peoples
actions and exterior can you see their true motives. When you are able
to see their true motives, then you can finally be at peace with that
person.
-Lancelot, 13th Knigh
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| Sigh. With my maritial problems as they are and with my son getting his
girlfriend pregnant, I dont understand why teenagers even want to get
married. I had a former collegue of mine come to me during break to
talk to me. I was highly flattered that he choose me as opposed to his
couselor, but I was afraid I could not offer him much advice.
He was troubled a reocurring nightmare of his. Although he claims that
he rarely dreams, I think that he does have not dreams, but nightmares
and is too ashamed to tell anyone else about it. From what he told me,
his ex broke up with him a while ago, claiming that he was not honest
and infidelity was a problem in their relationship. He confided in me
that honesty was indeed a problem in their relationship, but infidelity
was not. And to rub salt on the wound, his ex not only works in the
same company as he does, but lives in the apartment next to his. He has
to see her everyday. She says that she still wants to be friends, but
it seems that he is constantly tormented by her presence. He says that
he truely loved her, and she claimed to love him. But somehow, it seems
that his love was unreturned. I knew that he really loved her too.
Every spare time that I saw him, he was thinking of ways to make her
happy, how to surprise her with something, and ways to show her how
much she means to him. Maybe it was the fact that she was younger than
he is, but it seemed that no matter how hard he tried, she never
noticed. And now, one of his friends is going out with her. I am not
sure how youth today are, but when I was in high school, you do not go
out with your friend's ex nor his sister unless you have his approval.
Now not only does my collegue have to see his ex everyday, her new
boyfriend comes over practically everyday. Now the dream of his is
fairly predictable. He is pretty much at his apartment, just cooking
dinner. His ex comes over and is crying because she says her boyfriend
just broke up with her. My friend lets her in because he feels sorry
for her and makes more dinner for her too. After dinner and a glass of
wine, they start talking about what was. After some flirtatious
comments are made, they end up "making out" with each other. They each
promise each other to never leave the other again. They decide that
they would take a vacation together and she spends the night at his
place. In the morning, he wakes up and she left him a note, saying that
she is in her apartment, packing for their trip. When he creeps over to
help her pack, he sees through the crack between the door and the side
of the door that she and his friend are talking. They are talking about
how the love each other and they will never part and that he was in no
way going to alter this. Hearing this, my friend, who we will call
"Bob" for now, runs to the roof, broken hearted. After about an hour or
so of sitting on the roof of the apartment complex, he realizes that
she was using him. It is at this moment in time that Bob decides to
jump off the complex, only to wake up in a cold sweat in his room.
It is very sad for me to have to listen to my friend talk about his
inner feelings. I have known him to be a very emotionally strong person
who keeps his emotions all to himself. I really must worry for his
safety, as in his high school years, he was suicidal and attempted
suicide 4 times. If anyone has any suggestions as to how I am to help
out my collegue, please to tell me.
-Lancelot, 13th Knight
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| After reading the book The Gospel
According to Larry, I have decided to make a site of my own that
slightly resembles it. Although the book is aimed at the whole world, I
set my sights at a much smaller area: Lunchtime at Sheldon High School
in Elk Grove, California. I choose that place out of randomness. I
entered a few random words into a search engine, and the first one to
pop up was a site about the Sheldon "Huskies." Why on earth would
anyone name their school after a dog? Isnt that a little low? But thats
not my point. My point is that I am trying to get a small portion of
people to change. This is my first post, so if anyone somehow manages
to find this, please spread the word about my site. I will continue
working on this for a while.
-Lancelot, 13th Knight
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