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Epiphany


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You know folks, I haven't totally been appreciative of life lately. Though I'm not religious, I feel that one of the deities has granted me this life. My second chance in life and I need to make the best of it. It may have taken a few rounds of drinks to realize, but I need to stop being a dickhead in life. I need to stop trashing others and grow up. Without sounding crazy here, "he" says that I need to stop being so damn bitter and enjoy life for once. I've made it this far. Compared to last year, I'm alive and I have a good job, a great boss and people who care about me. Why am I pushing them away then? What have they done to warrant this behavior from me? They weren't here for me when shit was tough but they listened to me and helped me get where I am. I've been a hardass lately with the way I've treated some. Maybe it's time to stop doing that shit and learn to embrace for once. I decided to go out to another bar and "celebrate" but it made me think even deeper about shit. Sure, watching the Red Sox whomp the Phillies, 7-1 was awesome. The bartender was this cute chick with a cool tattoo and a friendly demeanor. Hell, I only paid for like 4 out of 6 drinks as they were kind to pay for one of them. Hell, she did. Wow.Just think of it, when your faith in humanity is at an all time low, you need all the friends ya can get. Why push 'em away when they happen to give a shit about your safety and health? Ya can't push away the good folks just cuz ya've dealed with plenty of rude folks. That chick made me realize what a dick I've become to women and people in general. Maybe she's right. Maybe I need to loosen up a bit and enjoy life for what it is. Though she didn't get philosophical or anything. Oh well. It makes me weep when I think of the shit I've done to people. It makes me cringe when I think of how bitter I am sometimes. Maybe, just maybe, life could be much better than this. I don't hedge my bets on any one person, but maybe all I needed was a smile from someone who's used to dealing with drunks (in a bar setting that is) to realize that maybe, just maybe, life could be so much better.It's been a wonderful year so far and I wanna thank whoever is keeping me going. I could have ended it all last year but I didn't. I stuck to my guns and believed in people and I've gotten that far. Wow. I love life. I love watching Red Sox games and having a good beer in hand and a cute chick of a bartender who "buys" me a beer when I cheer on the Sox. Wow. I love it.:DThanx everyone, for making me realize how rad life can be. I'm gonna try and be less cynical about life and move on. :DAgain, life is just too short to hate everyone. I've gotta evolve.

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Wow... that's an awesome entry.

 

I share your feelings, really! I know I've been pretty much a dickhead for the last year or so and I think it's getting worse. I dont know... I just guess it depends on the enviroment around me.

 

I guess I seem to get irritated too easily and I'm not sure why (I mean hell, I don't smoke, drink or do any drugs of any sort unless you consider coke a drug? Coke-a-Cola that is). So it's not like I've got other things dereailing me from what's really going on around me (that is probably the problem) :)

 

I can't blame it for lack of sleep because I've been getting, on average, 7-8 hours of sleep lately (used to sleep 12 hours last year, who knows). If everything is going well in your life right now I'm not sure where being a dickhead is coming from for you but for myself it's just the day to day stress I have to deal with from bills, crappy relationships or relation problems rather and so forth.

 

I actually blew up at my mum last week and felt terrible after doing it (only because I actually cussed her out). She was trying to tell me how I should do this or that with my daughter and I just lost it. I'm an adult now and she is my daughter so I feel I should do as I will and discipline as I need or want.

 

I'm in the same boat... my sister says I need to loosen up (as does everyone else) but then again... how exactly does someone like myself do that?

 

Here's to your evoloving and embracing! :) Maybe I'll get there someday myself..

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Thanks. I'm only starting to open up to others but it's not easy.

 

Like an invisible wall. Gotta open the gate more often to let folks in.

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Thanks. I'm only starting to open up to others but it's not easy.

 

Like an invisible wall. Gotta open the gate more often to let folks in.

 

Indeed it isn't easy Kepone.

I have no trouble getting on with folk once we're out and about...partying or whatever. Thing is for the most part anyone I meet, is through the small group of friends that I already have. I have tried to bring people into our little click, like say someone I know from work but it doesn't seem to pan out. They will come out one time and that's it.

 

Truth is I have a hard time meeting folk because I work 3rd shift which means even though I work in twin 15 story towers in downtown Atlanta, there's really only a handful of folks here at night. I certainly have seen people I would have LOVED to have met over the years. *wink wink* But its very hard to approach someone as a complete stranger in this day and age. Having a live at home girlfriends definately limits the people you can meet anyways. For some reason GF don't like strange women coming over.

 

That said, we have had for years... 10yrs? a close knit group of friends, and we tend to absorb people into the group from the other people (who have normal jobs) so I'm not too concerned about this. However if the group broke up...Like say everyone moved away to the west coast or where-ever. I think it would be very difficult to get a new group together. I think I would probably join some local community groups. This gives you the opportunity to get with people that share a common interest with you as well as meeting folk you dont have to work with.

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