Changes

It's been brought to my attention that all of my close friends, the ones who are supposed to be the best of the best, feel that I have changed since high school.  Apparently I am not the same person I was before I moved to Greenville and I have changed to the point where no one knows "this person" I've become.  It amazes me that the people who are bringing this to my attention... are some of the worst offenders of change I've ever seen.  Hold on, let's take one step back. Since when is changing such a bad thing?

As we grow older, we change.  Our beliefs change.  Who we are changes.  Especially if you go to a university.  In my experience, it changes you a whole lot.  It broadens your horizons and opens your mind to different ways of living, different walks of life, different people, different cultures.  The way you think starts to change because you become more "liberal" and accepting of all that is different.  You being to be open-minded and experienced-- you enter into the 21st century, people.  Yes, it changes you.  It doesn't necessarily mean that it's a bad thing like people would lead you to believe.  Changes in your life will change who you are whether or not you want them to. 

In my case, change has not been a bad thing.  I'm not sorry about it one bit. I've been through things that have changed me as a person.  I don't like all of the changes that have been made in my life, but there is nothing I can do about that.  They are, however, changes in me that I love and I embrace. This is me, this is who I am, who I was meant to be.  I'm no longer naive, I don't let people walk all over me, I have my own opinion and you're going to know it... but I am not a cruel person, I do not say things about my friends behind their backs that I wouldn't tell them at the right time and place.

Just because I don't fit your ideal description of who you want me to be doesn't mean I am not who I am supposed to be.

Maybe before you start acting like you're Mother Theresa... you should probably make sure that all your laundry is clean.



/End Rant