Julie and I went to the Fairfax Fall Festival on Saturday. I first took her to see where I work (which was just a few blocks from the festival). I know when I change jobs I will miss my private office with a full wall window! The fall festival had a lot of vendors and live music. I bought a beautiful necklace, earrings and a few other things. Julie bought cute material belts.
My friend Melinda had told me about the band called 'Legwarmers' (picture below) that play 80's music. They were at the festival and were fantastic. They sounded like the real bands. I didn't think I would know a lot of the music, but I knew all the songs. It was really fun!
I have been thinking a lot about perspective lately. It just amazes me how many different perspectives people have. You know I look at something one way and then someone will suggest another perspective that I had not even considered. However, there are other times that different perspectives are like another language. I have been having a continuing conversation with someone lately and it seems like I am saying something in English and yet when she responds it's like I was speaking a different language and everything is now upside down and inside out. I find that so strange, annoying, and frustrating. How do you get someone to actually hear really what you are really saying?
Julie and I went to the Fairfax Fall Festival on Saturday. I first took her to see where I work (which was just a few blocks from the festival). I know when I change jobs I will miss my private office with a full wall window! The fall festival had a lot of vendors and live music. I bought a beautiful necklace, earrings and a few other things. Julie bought cute material belts.
My friend Melinda had told me about the band called 'Legwarmers' (picture below) that play 80's music. They were at the festival and were fantastic. They sounded like the real bands. I didn't think I would know a lot of the music, but I knew all the songs. It was really fun!
I have been thinking a lot about perspective lately. It just amazes me how many different perspectives people have. You know I look at something one way and then someone will suggest another perspective that I had not even considered. However, there are other times that different perspectives are like another language. I have been having a continuing conversation with someone lately and it seems like I am saying something in English and yet when she responds it's like I was speaking a different language and everything is now upside down and inside out. I find that so strange, annoying, and frustrating. How do you get someone to actually hear really what you are really saying?
1 comment:
Looks like you had a lot of fun!
As for perspectives, I know what you mean. I have had similar situations, including actually with Bil. Luckily, Bil and I are always able to work it out after we talk for a few minutes when we aren't mad, but it is interesting to me how we each interpret what the other is saying. We so often hear it through the filter of our own feelings and experiences. For example, if I am feeling insecure or stressed out about all the things I need to get done, Bil could say something really harmless like, "What's for dinner?" and I could feel like he is criticizing me for what I am not getting done. That is kind of extreme (though it does happen, especially when I am PMSing). I guess my point is that our own feelings and insecurities color how we interpret what is said to us. I wonder if that is what is happening when you communicate with your "friend." That is hard, though, because you can't possibly predict how she is going to take what you say.....Tricky stuff.
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