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Date: 22 December 2005 13:33:52
I have a bit of a reputation for thinking about the big things in life, in terms of the little things. I make up parables / comparsions, and it usually helps my head sort through complicated issues. Climbing mountains and diving are examples I have shared with you. There are some people who think this is amusing, and I'm sure they will think the lastest metaphor is just as amusing. But I hope that people can understand my point, and see the serious side of it, as well as the funny side.
Since I've been at home, I've discovered numerous items of clothing that i had when I was younger, grew out of, and now (because i've lost 2 stone since being at uni) can fit into again. I've been sorting through these clothes and trying to work out which items I would like to take back to Swansea. There was one jumper there which was very nice, and I would like it back in Swansea. The only problem was that one of the main materials in it is wool, and it had gone all bity, which made it look old and tatty. My Mum has a de-bitter (im sure its got a proper name, but thats what I call it), which basically gets rid of all the bits. Its kinda like a hoover, but for jumpers. So, I borrowed this from my Mum and started to de-bit my jumper. It started off fine. I was getting many of the bits of and it was beginning to look better. But as I kept going with it, I kept on spotting more bits to take off. No matter how much time I spent, trying to make sure that all the bits were off, there were still more there. In the end, I decided that I could be there all day, trying to ensure that I had every little bit off, and gave up. It was never going to be perfect.
I think people are like that to an extent. Nobodys perfect. Everyone has their annoying habits. Everybody does stuff wrong. If you keep on looking for all the mistakes in everyone, and keep on picking up on all the bad factors about other people, then you're never going to be happy. Occasionally the mistakes other people make, may make you want to hire a hitman. But, you have to take the person as a whole - forgive them and accept that everyone makes mistakes. Everyone is like a jumper with annoying bits of wool hanging off. No matter how hard you try, you can never stop people from making mistakes. I bet, that in 6 months time, my jumper will have plenty more annoying bits of wool hanging off it and I will have to de-bit it again. Just as we have to continuely forgive other peoples mistakes, in the same way that we hope they will forgive our mistakes.
Wow - who would have thought you could get some much from a jumper!