Tempered, raw and naked.
I am too tempered. Too measured. I’ve decided this today.
A friend of mine in college would call me and say, “We’re going to dinner. Will you come? It would make me happy.”
I remember being struck by how easily she said this. That she did not care that it made her a little raw or naked.
I like people who can be this honest and bare. People who say, “I’d love to!” instead of, “that sounds good.” People who express feelings by dropping them at your feet instead of requiring the dust of their words to settle like tea leaves, waiting for interpretation.
I like.
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Just a random attorney writing about daily life with Little Filthy, my rotten dog.
January 8th, 2008 at 8:42 am
I also appreciate good honesty. I really struggle with people who don’t come off genuine. When I worked in LA a while back, I would work with people who came off very superficial and I came to refer to them as being very “LA”.
Not a big fan of being LA.
January 9th, 2008 at 7:33 am
It’s refreshing.
I don’t understand people who lie – it’s basically admitting that you’re afraid of someone’s opinion of your true self. I don’t have that kind of energy.
Thank you for being so responsive to my blog; I always like reading your comments.