Wow. You just never know.

It never ceases to amaze me, what I will take away from an encounter with somebody. The person can be a close friend, old friend, new friend, brief acquaintance, co-worker, parent, roommate, whomever; all that matters is that you come away with something positive and MORE IMPORTANTLY you give away something positive.

Before, if I gave something away to the other person it usually focused on humor. I made them laugh, and hopefully the humor wasn't to sarcastic or nasty. Often, it wasn't.

Now, it feels like I am capable or more importantly, willing to give away more. It can be some positive feedback, or as simple as just listening. I find that I have so much to learn and there are all these wonderful people in my life to learn from. For once, I am much more open to listening and hopefully learning. I hope that I never become INDIFFERENT again. It seems like that was my default setting before, NOW I feel like I have to really try to put myself in that mindset, if I want to. AND, I am learning that it does NOBODY any good to be there. You close yourself off to learning from others, AND more importantly you CLOSE yourself off to helping/ teaching others.

Anyways, that was just a little thought I had rolling around in my head. And, I wanted to get it down. Later.