Tuesday, June 05, 2007

One of my onion layers

I'm not a perfect person, I'm full of flaws, but I'm always trying that my bad side don't affect that much people around me. I know that sometimes I can be a really harmful person, but honestly...I don't mean it, I'm sorry if I hurt or bother you.
This year, maybe because it is my last year (I hope) at Teacher Training College , I've been trying to be in harmony with everyone around me, and I found out how difficult that can be.
I have to recognize that until last year, I didn't care much about being OK with everyone, but nowadays it has become a must in my life. I don't want to be misunderstood, I don't want to be in troubles I don't make, I don't like being in the twister's eye. However, no matter how hard I push myself to achieve that, I always end up participating in conflicts in which I'm not the only one to be blamed.
I've always thought that in every problem in which more than one person are involved, no matter their degrees of guilt, both parts share faults. One for doing something that might hurt the other, and the other for giving the space and opportunity to be hurt.
As I said, this year I'm different, and this is maybe because I've learnt that sometimes I've been so concentrated in victimizing myself, that I didn't take into account which were my own faults in every sad thing someone else provoked. Also, because I strongly believe that by feeling in that way, you may not be focused enough to know that your bad attitudes may diminish in many ways the degree of harm that others might have caused before.
I'm too critical with myself in every aspects of my life, and because of that, other people´s destructive critics might strengthen my own constructive ones, but occasionally when someone says something which is not well backed up by a coherent attitude, I just don't care.
All of us carry our own burdens, but this doesn't mean that we are entitled with the right to hurt others due to our depression, sadness, lack of self-esteem or any other negative state. We have to be very careful with the way, and with whom we release our nervous tension. In my case, for example, when I have some problems at home, I might be quieter at school, meaning that I'm not as talkative as usual, but I don't remember answering rudely to one of my classmates due to the "issues" I carry from home. In every place I am, I do the same. In other words, if I'm angry with you, I'll show my anger to you, not to others, if I'm not angry with you, I might look for you to lean my head in your shoulder and stay calm.
Again, I'm not perfect, I'm full of flaws, but I never blame others for the things I didn't do, or the frustration I may feel for whatever reason. I'm not that kind of person, that's why I don't understand people you are insanely angry with me but cannot say why. Most of the times, if not always, anger is provoked by something specific, so, you cannot say that you don't know why you are angry with someone, you may not remember the reason, but the plain fact is that there's always one.
People who really give themselves the chance to know the real me, realize that I'm an inconditional friend who is twenty-four-seven willing to help , but I accept that sometimes I'm not an easygoing person. I also admit that I frequently speak more than I should, or do things which unintendly produce certain types of damage in someone else's heart, nonetheless, I don't have problems when I have to agree with somebody's complaints and humbly say "I'm sorry". However, if I ask you forgiveness and your answer is sending me to hell, don't blame me for going to hell, and not coming back to keep on walking with you side by side.

2 comments:

Raquel Soria said...

As somebody said recently:When it hurts, it hurts!

Barbara said...

Pato,I just want to tell you again what I said the other day: you are a great person, and the way you have changed is amazing and something to be proud of. you know, all of us have lots of things to change, but it takes a lot of strenght to actually do it,`cause it`s painful.i think you are very brave and special and I truly wish we take advantage of this last year together to know eachother just a little bit more. sure, there`ll be more problems, but having a positive attitude is already half of the solution, don`t you think so?kisses, see you later!