Nathanael Berends June 18th, 2004
Ooops… I Forgot To Tell You…
Yesterday Was My One Year Anivarsary Of Possesing This Xanga-Thing.
Yay!
( iThink )
It’s Been Good…
( iThink )
Maybe A Year Of Badddd, Cult-like Behavior…
At Any Rate, The Fact Remains…
One Year.
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Nathanael Berends June 18th, 2004
I Think That I’ve Been Trying To Make The Previous Post Mean More Than It Really Does…
(maybe i already know that)
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Nathanael Berends June 18th, 2004
Let Me Just Say This On The ONSET:
[It Was VERY Indirectly Intentional... I Don't Know An EXACT Reason That I Took Them Out... But I KNOW There Is A Reason... I Guess That Now That It Is Getting More To The Current Part... I've Got Alot More To Hide Than I Thought...]
(don’t worry, it’ll make sense at the end…)
.:Part Two:.
So where does that put me now?
It now occurs to me that I may not be in the prime social position that I once thought I occupied. In times past, I felt as if I belonged to a certain social group – a certain societal segment. Today, I don’t claim participation in any single ‘group’ – rather, I seem to hang out with an amazingly diverse spectrum of people.
Is this a bad thing?
In all actuality, it shouldn’t carry any negative connotations at all. Under most circumstances, it doesn’t – in most cases, this is an amazing blessing.
But reality dictates that for every good thing, there is often a converse.
This number of friends – perhaps better termed ‘social acquaintances’ – poses a field of problems
One – in haste – may suggest that a person can never have too many friends. This can be considered true… to a degree.
The problem that must be faced when in such a situation is the common dilemma that arises from the conflict between quantity and quality.
Having no friends renders one incapable of quality friendships – a sad reality.
Having huge numbers of friends with little substance - or quality - is the same as the first idea.
If we are to hold the previous two statements as truths we can then figure that quantity has nothing to do with the overall success of friendships.
Rather, it is the quality that is important; a fact that is simple - even perhaps commonsensical.
This is where my problem again arises.
It seems that I’ve got plenty of friends – meanwhile it also seems that I’ve got very few.
In an ideal situation, one would hope for a lot of very good friends – but realities of the world often allow only a few of those ‘amazing friends’.
… it does at least for me.
I’ve probably got more than a hundred people that I could carry on a perfectly normal conversation with - in almost any circumstance.
But on the ‘deeper friends’ side of the issue, I’ve probably got many fewer – I’d bet I could count them on one hand.
This is a disheartening fact – one that has, as of late, become a problem.
A problem?
[It’s almost impossible for me to convey my mentality without sounding like a complete asshole – perhaps I am. I’ll try anyhow... ]
I begin to wonder “Who am I to complain about ‘having too many friends’?”
In all honesty, this becomes a difficult issue when others assume facts to be true – facts that I know to be false.
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Editorial Aside
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I Did Elaborate, But It Has Been Ommited - Please Forgive Me.
… to be continued…
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