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Missokyst -> Have you changed? (7/4/2008 2:28:38 PM)
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I was one of those little kids who was quiet. I spoke to crack a joke, or when a point needed to be made, or to be the voice for someone else who needed one. I obeyed rules when I understood them, but challenged the system when it made no sense.
Growing up, I was the nomad who traveled on the edges of a pack, but my pack wasn't always the same.
I could adapt to the crowd whether I was hanging out with the intellectuals, the geeks, the artists, the jocks, the bullies, or the anonymous masses. I hung back until I saw the way the land lay, then I trodded forward to get where I needed to be.
I was alone, a loner, even among people I considered friends and I liked being the unknown who caught people by surprise.
I was this way at 5, 10, 15, 25, ect. The only thing I notice which has changed for me is that I am now impatient with people who cannot seem to move quickly over a speedbump.
I have more education than when I was a child, but my thirst for knowlege is just as strong as it ever was.
And.. today I wonder if it would have been better to have grown and changed from who I was. I see people who used to be ______ (<-fill in what ever) and as they grew up they fixed that, whether it was speaking up for themselves, learning patience, becoming gentle, ect.
Have you changed? Has it improved who you thought you were? How did you accomplish that?
Kyst
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