Perfect People

I went out a couple of nights ago to a Houston Astros game with a couple of friends. I had a blast and I think they enjoyed themselves as well. The Astros lost, but that's alright because they won last night. The important part of the night involved the two people that were with me.

I have known these friends for a while now and thoroughly enjoy going out with them. I hope I didn't scare them too much because I would love for them to go out with me again. Anyway, the best part of the night was away from the ballgame. We went to a bar and had a few drinks. Well, if anyone knows me well enough then they know that these two friends had to practically drag me to the bar. Really, I am such a light drinker that I have decided to only drink on days that end in "y". The part that I really enjoyed was the ability to talk to these friends in an honest and open manner. It is so hard these days to find people that you can be real and honest without being judged too much. Well, if they did judge me it was not known to me. I like my delusional life, thank you very much.

Allrighty then, where was I... oh yeah, so I just wanted to thank these two people for letting me share my thoughts and spending the evening with me. The reason I am so thankful is that they reminded me that people are not perfect. We are human and have our flaws. I grew up thinking that I had to be perfect. My grades had to be perfect. I constantly heard things like, "Why did you only get a 92. You should have gotten a higher A" or "Of course you did well, what else would we expect?" Things kind of things really can mess with a person's brain. I thought that if I wasn't perfect the world would collapse around me. It felt like the weight of the world was on my shoulders. So now I realize that we are all human and we all make mistakes. The important part is realizing our mistakes and trying our best to not repeat those mistakes. I have made several mistakes in my life. I have the understanding now to appreciate those mistakes. They were "MY" mistakes and no one else's. If I made a bad decision, at least it was my decision. I have a right to make bad decisions some times.

So thank you "A" and thank you "L" for reminding me that I am not perfect. The two of you do not realize just how much that means to me.

By the way, I definitely wouldn't consider you "middle-aged". That makes you sound like some old person. You are definitely young at heart and I would mistaken you for some twenty-something hottie at the bar that night. Both of you are doing something right, because I only hope to look like ya'll in a few years.