Sunday
"cooootttccchhhiiieee coo..." a man talking to his dog as I walked by in the park thinking he was addressing me.
Misunderstandings are sometimes funny and sometimes just painful. A good friend once thought she spotted a guy, who had done her wrong, strolling down the street and decided right then and there that the time had come to "have a talk". She ran after him calling his name, getting more and more annoyed when he showed no signs of responding, in fact increacing his pace. She finally caught up with him only to realize it wasn't him at all, so in a split second, after seeing his face, she sprinted on, still calling out the name and chasing after no one, just escaping. On the serious side is of course the man who shot his daughter when she jumped out of a closet to scare him and he thought she was a burglar!
Me, I misunderstand a lot of things. I believe people are what they seem, I think "everything will be OK" , I believe people are basically good, I think men are dogs (but can't help it), I think movies are magic, I think sex is fabulous, I believe friends are trustworthy, I think life ultimately has to have some meaning. Yet I am proved wrong every day in one way or another, and yet I choose to believe. Life is filled with let-downs and misunderstanings and nothing is for granted, that I've learned, but I want to believe in second chances, and kindness and love. Love, not in the sense that the movies and poplar culture teach, but love of life and love of art and love of life. The idea that 2 people can somehow tailor themselves to be 'partners for life' without ever being themselves, or friends, or have anything in common is a misunderstanding. Fear does not a happy union make. Fear of lonliness, fear of life, fear of mistakes should not ever be a driving force, it leads to misunderstandings and troubles....
Happiness is fleeting but wonderful, not something to be aspired to as a constant state of mind, hey if you are always happy how would you even know? Besides you would probably be a heroin addict if that was the case...
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