We are who we are. Good and bad.

[This post originally appeared in Dullicious, where I blogged as Barbie-dull for several years.]

So, I guess we are who we are for a lot of reasons. And maybe we’ll never know most of them. but even if we don’t have the power to choose where we come from, we can still choose where we go from there. We can still do things. And we can try to feel okay about them.

I think that if I ever have kids, and they are upset, I won’t tell them that people are starving in China or anything like that because it wouldn’t change the fact that they were upset. And even if somebody else has it much worse, that doesn’t really change the fact that you have what you have. Good and bad.

The perks of being a wallflower, Stephen Chbosky

far away, so close

[This post originally appeared in Dullicious, where I blogged as Barbie-dull for several years.]

The other night I took a candle with me outside to sit in the garden. It flickered in the wind. It was tiny against the blackness of the night. And when I brought it back in my room, the light shone differently. It was comprised between walls that revealed its brightness. So I thought about the stars I had just been gazing upon. How they would shine so much more if there were walls around to bring their magnitude to view. And then I thought about love and how it’s a tiny bit like that.

always feel happy

[This post originally appeared in Dullicious, where I blogged as Barbie-dull for several years.]

It’s like when you are excited about a girl and you see a couple holding hands, and you feel so happy for them. And other times you see the same couple, and they make you so mad. And all you want is to always feel happy for them because you know that if you do, then it means that you’re happy, too.

The perks of being a wallflower, Stephen Chbosky.

You are cool and collected

[This post originally appeared in Dullicious, where I blogged as Barbie-dull for several years.]

So it seems it’s personality test time again!

You Have a Phlegmatic Temperament

Mild mannered and laid back, you take life at a slow pace.
You are very consistent – both in emotions and actions.
You tend to absorb set backs easily. You are cool and collected.It is difficult to offend you. You can remain composed and unemotional.
You are a great friend and lover. You don’t demand much of others.
While you are quiet, you have a subtle wit that your friends know well.At your worst, you are lazy and unwilling to work at anything.
You often get stuck in a rut, without aspirations or dreams.
You can get too dependent on others, setting yourself up for abandonment.

All true, except the bit that says: “You don’t demand much of others.”

I’m happy with the result of this test, just because it says “You are cool and collected” 😉