November 23, 2003
She Likes Me For Me
Tonight I went to dinner at Sid-Mar's in Bucktown with a friend of mine. Neither of us could decide what we wanted to eat for dinner, and when you're indecisive about food, fried seafood and large plastic glasses filled with iced tea works nicely.
At any rate, we got to talking (a far better option than staring blankly at one another throughout our meal), and the conversation turned to different people we both know and their personalities. I was telling him about how one particular individual will forever have a difficult time being a super-successful attorney, not because she doesn't work hard (she does), or because she isn't smart (she isn't splitting atoms, but she gets by), but because she completely lacks self-confidence. I explained that I was the same way when I started practicing law, and my friend was floored. He couldn't believe it, and mentioned how he sees me as a decisive, strong-willed person.
And now, I am. But it wasn't always that way. One of the best side effects of going through all of the turmoil, stress, fun, adventure and life-stuff that I've gone through is gaining confidence in myself. I am finally getting to a point in my life where I am comfortable with who I am, the decisions I make and all the stuff in between.
As he dropped me off at home, my friend said one of the nicest things anyone has said to me lately. He said, "If you were someone else, you would really like yourself. You're a very likeable person." What a sweet thing to say.
Posted by Kitty at November 23, 2003 09:21 PM
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Well from the little bit of time you spent with the wetwired crew, you seemed like a cool person, you were there to have a blast as the rest of us were, and like I said from the small amount of time that I have known you, his words ring true, you would like yourself if you were someone else, now me on the other hand, I would probably think that I was an asshole!
Posted by: MJ at November 24, 2003 08:50 AM