Life is indeed a mystery. To some extent at least. I haven't lived "too" long here on earth to claim i have the authority to give a "world class" commentary on the concept of life but i know too well a few things that can help us unravel some of these 'unknowns'. Some things happen the way they do and we often wonder why. Somethings seem to be following a certain order to them and even the most seasoned atheist will acknowledge that humanity exists by design not by mere chance (as Post-modernists and Darwinists of this world wouldl have us believe). Of late i have had a personal experience with this natural order of things.
There are some people i meet and i wonder if we will ever really strike up a conversation of sorts. Its not that these people are unlikable or anything but i just can't bring myself near them! There is a chasm separating us and i imagine its going be pretty hard making a connection. I don't even see any way such is going happen. Now i have had this experience many times but as it turned out, i was wrong every inch of the way! Let me tell you how.
There are three people at my workplace that i honestly thought we would never connect. But today i will only talk about Jennie (not real name). She dresses like a pro on Monday to Thursday and come Friday, she gets a "dress down" (gets casual here, as is fitting on Friday's). The fact that she is, i suppose 3, 4 years my senior makes her kinda "intimidating". She is dead serious. Or at least she 'looks'. At your first glance, boy, you don't want to cross her path. She's been here long enough, and hey, u just made your debut at work only yesterday! She is focused, sounds/looks principled and doesn't even seem to recognize you are around. Now that is Jennie..or i should say, that 'was'. I keep my distance for a while. I'm convinced our paths won't cross at any one point You don't want to bump into such people lest.... Trust me i don't remember how this happens but somehow along the way Jennie turns out to be a very different person from who i thought she was. She is not as "serious" (mark the quotes please). She is even not as stony silent, confined and seemingly "difficult".....she can jazz...she can smile at people...she now even says hello in the morning....and ooops we are at the moment working on the same project where she is a second line supervisor.How strange! Now thats the irony in life . Anyone with the same story?
There are some people i meet and i wonder if we will ever really strike up a conversation of sorts. Its not that these people are unlikable or anything but i just can't bring myself near them! There is a chasm separating us and i imagine its going be pretty hard making a connection. I don't even see any way such is going happen. Now i have had this experience many times but as it turned out, i was wrong every inch of the way! Let me tell you how.
There are three people at my workplace that i honestly thought we would never connect. But today i will only talk about Jennie (not real name). She dresses like a pro on Monday to Thursday and come Friday, she gets a "dress down" (gets casual here, as is fitting on Friday's). The fact that she is, i suppose 3, 4 years my senior makes her kinda "intimidating". She is dead serious. Or at least she 'looks'. At your first glance, boy, you don't want to cross her path. She's been here long enough, and hey, u just made your debut at work only yesterday! She is focused, sounds/looks principled and doesn't even seem to recognize you are around. Now that is Jennie..or i should say, that 'was'. I keep my distance for a while. I'm convinced our paths won't cross at any one point You don't want to bump into such people lest.... Trust me i don't remember how this happens but somehow along the way Jennie turns out to be a very different person from who i thought she was. She is not as "serious" (mark the quotes please). She is even not as stony silent, confined and seemingly "difficult".....she can jazz...she can smile at people...she now even says hello in the morning....and ooops we are at the moment working on the same project where she is a second line supervisor.How strange! Now thats the irony in life . Anyone with the same story?
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