Guest Post

Today I've decided to do something a bit different and host a guest blogger. The post below was written by Louis van der Merwe on his site, "Pursuit of Something Real". Sandy introduced me to Louis' blog (this post in particular), and it resonated with me enough that I was motivated to contact him. He has graciously allowed me to reprint it.

I highly recommend dropping by Louis' site for a visit; he can be linked here.

Here's the post as it appeared on his blog, Friday October 30th...



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"Why did you do that?” he stares fiercely at her. She drops her head in shame. “I don’t know.” Slowly he shakes his head in disapproval. “That’s not good enough. I need to know why you did it.”

As she stares at him her shame turns to contempt. “Because I wanted to. Because I felt like it. Who are you to tell me how to act?”He gets up and walks away. Just before he leaves he looks back: “I can’t tell you how to act, I just didn’t think you would do anything like that”

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We create personas in our minds of the people we know. When there’s disconnect between that persona and the actual person, we can hurt the ones we love. When someone acts different to what you expect of them, before you judge them, judge your persona of them. If the persona you created doesn’t reflect their true nature, change your vision of them to fit in with who they are instead of trying to change them to fit into your vision of who you think they are.

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Thanks Louis for your consideration in letting me share this post. Text and photo are courtesy of 'Pursuit of Something Real' and should not be reproduced without express consent of the owner of that site.