Tuesday, September 6, 2011

AT MANY POINTS IN YOUR LIFE, PEOPLE WILL MISUNDERSTAND YOU. THEY WILL THINK YOU ARE BEING FUNNY WHEN YOU AREN'T, THEY WILL THINK YOU'RE BEING MEAN WHEN YOU DON'T MEAN TO BE, THEY WILL THINK ALL DIFFERENT THINGS THAT YOU DIDN'T ANTICIPATE. IT'S OK. SOMETIMES IT SUCKS, SOMETIMES IT KIND OF HURTS YOUR FEELINGS THAT THEY DIDN'T UNDERSTAND WHAT YOU MEANT OR WHERE YOU WERE COMING FROM - BUT REMEMBER THAT IT'S OK. WE'RE ALL HUMAN, WE ALL INTERPRET THINGS DIFFERENTLY. SO JUST TAKE A DEEP BREATH, AND CALMLY EXPLAIN YOURSELF. EXPLAIN WHAT YOU MEANT TO SAY, OR HOW YOU MEANT TO BE TAKEN - AND HOPEFULLY THAT'LL CLEAR THINGS UP.
SOMETIMES YOU WON'T WANT TO CLARIFY YOURSELF. IT'LL BOTHER YOU THAT SOMEONE MISUNDERSTOOD YOU, BUT YOU DON'T SEE THE REASON TO HAVE TO JUSTIFY YOURSELF - AND THAT'S OK TOO. YOU KNOW WHAT YOU MEANT TO SAY, OR HOW YOU MEANT TO BE TAKEN, AND THAT'S OK.