January 28, 2006

  • Hero of My Own Story


    When I logged in this morning there was a banner across the page that said, "Beware your online frineds, they may not be who they say they are."  Well, DUH!


    None of us is ever a 100% match with who we say we are.  I'm not suggesting that we lie, but we are all human with a common human failing.  We tend to believe our own PR.  Sometimes our PR department is all about being brutally honest and we may come up with a 95 or 96% match.  But we all have blind spots. 


    I don't think of myself as someone who focuses overly on the small details or worries excessively about my appearance.  But comments from my friends suugest that I have moments when I'm a fuss budget of the top drawer. 


    I also don't think of myself as overly competitive, except when I'm playing Scrabble or Literati, but again the gentle observations of those who know me and love me suggest that I have a competitive streak that we can only hope our Olympic athletes have developed so well.  Once or twice they have even been a little manipulative and suggested things in the form of a dare simply because they were certain that I couldn't resist proving them wrong.  And I fell for it.  SO I have to consider that maybe they know what they are talking about?


    Its not just people online who may not be who they say they are.  But in real life, we have the benefit of seeing them interact with other people, we hear their tones of voice, and know whether they keep their word or leave us on the curb waiting and waiting ... Here, we have just their words to go by. 


    We can pay attention to whether the words they speak in comments are kind or helpful.  We can hope that the picture we are getting is a full one, and over time, I believe we CAN come to know each other pretty well here.  We just have to keep in mind that we are all writing our story here.  And we are each the hero of our own story. 

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