The sun sets on another day…
I watched as the clouds once again took over the sun. Light sprayed between the trees, and I walked down my gravel driveway with puppy by my side. Well, she was mostly by my side, she likes to dart in and out of the woods like a camouflaged fruitcake. I stopped for a minute, and she appeared next to me, and we watched the darkness close in. It was impressive and I enjoyed every moment.
As everyone knows, i love talking to people. Mostly I like listening to people because it gives me the ability to gauge what made them the person that they are. Often I find myself listening and occasionally injecting my own memories or little pieces of life that keep the conversation lively.
Tonight, I met with several people from my past. It’s interesting how people from high school sometimes fall out of your circles, but I wish they never would have. I was impressed by the people I talked to and the stories they had to tell. After all, we are approximately the same age and have chewed a lot of the same fat. (I pause here for a moment while you grimace uncomfortably at the thought of chewing fat)
it’s interesting as you’re moving to a common goal how memories and amazement seemed to fall naturally in to the conversation until suddenly you’ve realized that you missed someone. I’ve had a strange past and as I explained previously, probably a long time ago given the number of posts on 29,000 sunsets, I moved consistently until I met the group of people at Tates Creek High School.
In the conversation that I had tonight I was reminded of many things. My mistakes, my strengths, and a series of other items that made me smile. During a conversation I was amazed as someone explained how they had felt so awkward, and my memory of them is nothing but positive. It is strange how we view ourselves and how we fit into a puzzle of emotions, experiences, and a lot more. Of course they also explained about their tarantulas and it made me wonder if they would be interested in reading horror stories and giggling along with me, but I didn’t bring it up. I was listening and I was learning.
I thought about it for a while and reevaluated the way I thought and the way I think as I do every day. After all, if science tells us anything it is that the truth is constantly in motion and that to believe anything as fact with no room for change is more than dangerous. After all, once upon a time science told us that letting blood out of a person was how to cure disease, and drilling holes in a person’s head could cure behaviors. What fun. I think I added that in there simply because it’s getting close to Halloween. Sorry about that.
My point of this long and arduous post is that it’s not a bad thing to reach out to old friends and even people who you didn’t know were your friends. It’s not a bad thing to put yourself out there and believe in you. Who knows, your best friend could have been your best friend before that you didn’t even know was aware of you.
So as the sun sets on another day, I will continue to enjoy people always. I will continue to talk to anyone and listen as they explain their life so that I can learn more. I hope you can do the same, and open your heart to others realizing that the world would be a better place if we just enjoyed each other and understood a little more about how others felt. Keep listening, keep learning, and make the world yours every day, no matter what.
Sleep sweet, love life, and where is that spider…