I was thinking of what I just shared, and I had lots of memories of different things. I smiled when I realized that a lot of my high school classmates took me home.
Now before you jump to conclusions, I was friends with lots of people both men and women. I was not dating them just friends with them. For various reasons I went to lots of peoples homes and now that I think about it it is kind of funny.
I think the most popular reason I went to someones home is to help them with a computer problem that they paid me for in some way. Besides that however, there were tons of other reasons I went to their home.
My purpose here is not to brag, give me a moment to develop this idea. What made me smile is that there were so many people who felt comfortable and trusted me going into their house. I never suggested going to friends homes, it just turned out that I was with them and we needed to.
Now that I think about it, I don’t think it was computer assistance I was mostly doing. It was often because we were involved in Drama or a school activity and we needed something they had at home. Other times it was because they wanted to spend time with me and felt more comfortable at their house. Which is fine with me. It didn’t matter to me if we were at my house or theirs.
It made me feel so good growing up to have so many friends. I thought that it was wonderful that no matter what class I was in, or where I was there was always someone who seemed to want to hear my jokes and spend time with me. I was so grateful that I could have a positive impact on others lives. I considered it a privilege to be a persons friend. I was slow to have more serious relationships because of the responsibility that it implied and many years later some people questioned why we never got together. Again not to brag, but to share that sometimes people think of you as warmly as you think of them.
Life is pregnant with possibilities. Don’t be afraid to be honest with your feelings. Other people might share the same feelings that you do. I don’t regret my past and I did my best to respect everyone I have known. I am not perfect, but I hope if I have offended you that you can forgive me. Life is too short to hold grudges. Live and let live is my philosophy.