Wednesday, May 30, 2012
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Imagining Stories for People
When I go out somewhere I always like to people watch. Sometimes I'll pick out a couple people and imagine these very elaborate stories of their life, why they were in that store, what they do for a job, and how they would respond in certain situations.
I like to do this because usually when you meet someone that you may have imagined to act a certain way they usually end up surprising you. My theory for this that we (those who make up the stories) are judging that person by the way they look. All we know about this stranger is what we can tell by looking at them.
It definitely shows that judging someone by how they look tends to mean that you will not be right. But it also shows that the way one dresses and acts causes people to think of them in different ways. I'm sure there are a lot of other reasons out there, but this is what I think about.
What about you?
Love,
Natalie
I like to do this because usually when you meet someone that you may have imagined to act a certain way they usually end up surprising you. My theory for this that we (those who make up the stories) are judging that person by the way they look. All we know about this stranger is what we can tell by looking at them.
It definitely shows that judging someone by how they look tends to mean that you will not be right. But it also shows that the way one dresses and acts causes people to think of them in different ways. I'm sure there are a lot of other reasons out there, but this is what I think about.
What about you?
Love,
Natalie
Tuesday, May 15, 2012
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Friday, May 11, 2012
How Are You?
This is a question asked to everyone, usually as a formality and we usually answer with a very simple answer to continue with the conversation. But what if everyone answered this question with the truth?
For me, right now, my true answer would be that I don't really know how I am. I guess I'm waiting for something, but can't quite figure out what that something is, so I just keep waiting. Now, That would be hard to explain, and I don't want to burden someone with my problem.
Most of the time I can forget that feeling or push it away to the back of my mind, but when I began to think about things I get this overwhelming sense that something is missing. And I don't really know what I can do to find the thing that is missing, but I'm trying.
At some point though I know that I'll find that missing thing and become a happier person for it.
So, How are you?
Love,
Natalie
For me, right now, my true answer would be that I don't really know how I am. I guess I'm waiting for something, but can't quite figure out what that something is, so I just keep waiting. Now, That would be hard to explain, and I don't want to burden someone with my problem.
Most of the time I can forget that feeling or push it away to the back of my mind, but when I began to think about things I get this overwhelming sense that something is missing. And I don't really know what I can do to find the thing that is missing, but I'm trying.
At some point though I know that I'll find that missing thing and become a happier person for it.
So, How are you?
Love,
Natalie
Thursday, May 10, 2012
Things My Mother Couldn’t Teach Me « Thought Catalog
Things My Mother Couldn’t Teach Me « Thought Catalog
I'm glad to say these are things my mother has taught me.
I'm glad to say these are things my mother has taught me.
How I feel about overusing the word love
Now I know it's been a while, but I was just thinking about this the other day and thought I would put it out there.
So, I've come to realize that we use the word love to describe so many things. We love our family, our friends, our significant other (if you have one), and we even use it to describe material things like food and clothes. If you really think about it the way we love these things are very different. I don't love my favorite shirt like I love my friends and I won't love my husband (when/ if I have one) like I love my favorite food.
The English language is the only language that has one word to use for love. Every other language in the world has at least two that can be used to describe the different types of love that are felt for things. I don't know if this means we should be more careful with what we say we love or if we should figure out a new way to sow our love for things that don't necessarily deserve the love reserved for our families, friends, etc.
I don't know what I wanted to get out of this or how I want to "fix" this, but maybe at some point I'll be able to tell you that I've figured out how to determine the difference.
I compare this to using the word need in place of want, I guess what we need to do is start replacing the word love with the word like in front of material things that give us the love we need and want back.
Because sometimes that's all we need is to know we have someone who love us and cares about us.
Love,
Natalie
So, I've come to realize that we use the word love to describe so many things. We love our family, our friends, our significant other (if you have one), and we even use it to describe material things like food and clothes. If you really think about it the way we love these things are very different. I don't love my favorite shirt like I love my friends and I won't love my husband (when/ if I have one) like I love my favorite food.
The English language is the only language that has one word to use for love. Every other language in the world has at least two that can be used to describe the different types of love that are felt for things. I don't know if this means we should be more careful with what we say we love or if we should figure out a new way to sow our love for things that don't necessarily deserve the love reserved for our families, friends, etc.
I don't know what I wanted to get out of this or how I want to "fix" this, but maybe at some point I'll be able to tell you that I've figured out how to determine the difference.
I compare this to using the word need in place of want, I guess what we need to do is start replacing the word love with the word like in front of material things that give us the love we need and want back.
Because sometimes that's all we need is to know we have someone who love us and cares about us.
Love,
Natalie
Wednesday, May 9, 2012
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