Assumptions

Okay, so this is another bit of a rant, but also a lesson rolled into it. So just call me Teach! Haha!

I'm SO sick of people making assumptions about other people. So sick of it. People look at me, a single, cute, somewhat floundering 20-year-old and assume, "Oh, she must be desperate, let's try and set her up." NO. No. No. no. no. no. NO! Sure, I wouldn't mind Prince Charming coming and sweeping me off my feet. But I honestly (yes I mean these next few words) would rather be single for the rest of my life single than hit on by another creeper. I've been hit on by SO many these past few weeks it is RIDICULOUS! ((Maybe I'll post some later just to give you all a giggle, really it is laughable.)) And I haven't been on a date with a decent guy since high school. And the last decent guy I had a date with isn't interested in girls anymore. Sorry...tangent....

Anyway... Assuming things about people is not right. After that tangent about creepers my arguments a little weak. But there are facts behind the creepiness of the creepers. People all have struggles and vices and triumphs and glories. And we all need to do a little less judging and assuming (even if we think it's a kind assumption). Because you just don't know what they're really going through. You don't know the thoughts they're hiding inside, the feelings they don't let show, the situations they don't talk about. You just don't know. We all need to do a little less talking and a little more listening....especially me.

"Honey, I Shrunk the Audience Syndrome"

When I was a small girl my wonderful parents took us to Disneyland (you saw that coming didn't you?) and I vividly remember seeing the "Honey, I Shrunk the Audience" 3-D movie. Through the whole thing I was miserable! Everything made me jump and squeal and I was just NOT happy with it. At one point a snake popped out at me and I just couldn't take it anymore. I just couldn't. I took off the glasses and started crying, sobbing, wailing. My sweet mother stopped watching to comfort me and asked what was wrong. I sobbed, "It's picking on me! It only jumps out at me! It keeps being rude to me!" (Or something similar to that...) And my mother explained to me that the screen does that to everyone and pointed to everyone in the audience jumping at the same time. So I put my glasses back on and watched, not as unhappily as before.

I think that sometimes in life we get what I now call "Honey, I Shrunk the Audience Syndrome". We think that life or God is picking on us, only giving us trials and challenges. When really everyone is having trials and challenges. We are all having a tough time, or we just went through one, or we're about to go through one. The trick is to remember that you aren't alone. Sometimes you have to take off those hideous 3-D glasses and look around you at everyone else in your life. Maybe the snake is jumping out at them at that moment and they need you to comfort them and listen and offer advice if they want it. And focusing on all the things that are going wrong will keep you from laughing at the funny show life is putting on for you, along with the tender moments, the blissful moments, the peaceful moments.

Thank you to all the beautiful people in my life who've taken off their glasses for me when I'm crying even over something as stupid as a fake snake popping out of a 3-D screen to comfort me and give me advice.