Life's Negotiations - the ones you make everyday
as you take on something new.

Life's Negotiations

Fully steeped in adulthood, surrounded by decisions, responsibility and people counting on you requires a certain negotiation between what you want and what others want.

Friday, November 02, 2007 womenrelationshipshappinessconfidence
Being yourself vs. having friends

I had a revelation this weekend about friendship.

It all starts with wanting to be liked. I do want to be liked, so much so that sometimes I assume that people don't like me or that once they do, they could change their minds. To someone not living in my head, this sounds like a lot of extra work worrying about things I don't have control over. And you would be right.

That, of course, is easier said than done. Why this weekend was such a revelation to me was because I finally realized the paradox I'd created.