Quote of the Week IV
I normally don't like reading books - I don't have the patience, I just find it boring as batshit. But The Alchemist by Paulo Coelho is a corker. Interspersed throughout the story are little pieces of wisdom, and this is the one which most intrigues me (I'm reciting it from memory, so it may not be 100% accurate):
"If lightning strikes once, it may never happen again. But if it strikes twice, it will probably happen a third time."
This little maxim is gold for people who like to learn from their past experiences and mistakes, or even just for people who like to analyse. The message is extremely simple, and is based on the old saying "lightning never strikes twice". Crazy coincidences might occur every now and then, but if the same coincidence happens twice, then we can start looking for a pattern.
This lesson is significant to me at the moment because lightning has recently struck me twice. Several months ago, I went out and had drinks with a female. No flirting, but there were a few phone calls and text messages that ensued. All of a sudden, then, I stopped getting replies. One part of me knew that it wasn't beneficial for myself or the other party to continue trying to initiate contact, another part of me could not work out what could have caused such a turnaround. I tried a couple more times, spreading the missed calls out so as not to seem like a crazy stalker. As expected, no reply, no returned call. Later on down the track, I find out that she was under the impression that I fancied her, and this threw her off as the feelings weren't mutual.
Ok, no worries, it's just a one-off thing, don't take it personally - right? Well, right now I'm in almost the exact same situation, at the moment right in the middle of the "stopped getting replies" stage. What caused the sudden 180 this time? I'll probably never know (it was by fluke that I found out what happened last time). What I do know is that lightning has now struck twice, and I've got to come up with ways of preventing it from striking again.
"If lightning strikes once, it may never happen again. But if it strikes twice, it will probably happen a third time."
This little maxim is gold for people who like to learn from their past experiences and mistakes, or even just for people who like to analyse. The message is extremely simple, and is based on the old saying "lightning never strikes twice". Crazy coincidences might occur every now and then, but if the same coincidence happens twice, then we can start looking for a pattern.
This lesson is significant to me at the moment because lightning has recently struck me twice. Several months ago, I went out and had drinks with a female. No flirting, but there were a few phone calls and text messages that ensued. All of a sudden, then, I stopped getting replies. One part of me knew that it wasn't beneficial for myself or the other party to continue trying to initiate contact, another part of me could not work out what could have caused such a turnaround. I tried a couple more times, spreading the missed calls out so as not to seem like a crazy stalker. As expected, no reply, no returned call. Later on down the track, I find out that she was under the impression that I fancied her, and this threw her off as the feelings weren't mutual.
Ok, no worries, it's just a one-off thing, don't take it personally - right? Well, right now I'm in almost the exact same situation, at the moment right in the middle of the "stopped getting replies" stage. What caused the sudden 180 this time? I'll probably never know (it was by fluke that I found out what happened last time). What I do know is that lightning has now struck twice, and I've got to come up with ways of preventing it from striking again.
posted by Banana Mango at 9/21/2005 12:36:00 am
5 Comments:
That first girl sounds like she's not worth knowing from the sounds of things.
I think finding any kind of friendship is something to be valued given the fucked up state of the world and our own miserable existences.
I hope you are able to prevent the lightning from striking on you again, but I am not surprised that Karma has come around, given you've certainly sat on the other side of the fence in the past...*shrug* ppl are superficial and you are not a snowflake.
I won't bother reasoning with you, because you seem to think you have a monopoly on that. You're just a self-righteous prick.
Dont put words in my mouth.
I'm all for reasoning..just seems to me that it's ok for you to treat other people badly, but it's not ok when they treat you badly.
What the fuck do you expect me to say.
I'm more than happy to admit that I am not always right, and what would you know, I dont even have one.
I know more than you think.
Of course it's not ok for me to treat people badly (I think I know the situation you're talking about, but until you actually lose the anonymity I'll just have to guess), but people make mistakes - that's life. Accepting that doesn't mean you won't get angry, depressed, jealous, etc, but I think it might help with the bitterness.
Hey,
I know people make mistakes, and I'm certainly not saying that I've never treated someone else badly. But I do try to take care as much as I can--particularly if I know that the other person is hurting.
I am just disappointed in what seems to me to be your inability to deal with things a little outside of your comfort zone, or your apathy.
I guess I am just not worth the trouble of getting to know--but you are quite right, I should stop with the bitterness, I imagine it will fade of its own accord.
It is really my own fault for seeing so much beauty within you in the first place--I should have known no good would come of that.
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