Week 1 Blog 1 - Pet Peeve

During class, for 10 min we wrote about something that upset us or pissed us off.  What upsets me most is my dad, and what I did not realize is that when I came to write my blog and submit it online for others to read, it was a much to personal story for me to share.

I have been sitting and thinking about what else to write because we wrote multiple ideas down, some of those for me included people that can't drive, people that smoke, people that get "blackout drunk" repeatedly, but then I realized none of those are any good because they do not have passion behind them.

Then I realized that maybe the thing to write about was what I was struggling with in the first place, so here is goes...

I have always been a very open person and been able to talk about my struggles in life pretty openly.  I did not understand why other people were not as open as I was, everyone has struggles, and if anything, we learn from not only our own struggles but also other people's struggles.  You could say that it annoyed me when people were shy and would not be comfortable telling some of the life experience stories, or even not being secure enough the tell people a little about themselves.  Such as during class when we had the cards and some people did not know what to write, not because they don't know themselves, but because they do not want anyone else to know them.

 Now, I understand why some people are not comfortable talking about their life, because for one of the first times I was not comfortable talking about my own life.  Now maybe when someone is shy in talking about themselves I will understand more.

I always use to hate people that were quiet, and could never spit out a word in front of a group of people, or the people that will only give you one word answers because they are to shy to have a conversation with you.  I guess in some ways I will still be a little annoyed by the fact that they are so shy, but at least now I understand a little of how it feels to not want to reveal yourself to the world.  

It is hard to put your self out there, or let anyone into who you are, but I feel that is what makes us comfortable with ourselves, not being afraid to be us.  We all have problems and things that are scary and regrets in life, and we all have our dirty little secrets.  I understand not telling the world a personal story or a dirty little secret, but to not let the world know who you are, to not let your voice be heard is a crime to yourself as a human being, and also disrespectful to the person you have worked so hard to be.  So I guess what I am trying to say is be proud to be yourself, let others see the greatness you can be.