Friday, August 1, 2008

Silence is Golden (?)

One of my very good friends brought something to my attention when I was telling him about my job. I said everything is going well, but one thing I need to do is be more social. I told him my boss keeps remarking about how quiet I am.
My friend said, "You are not quiet. When someone isn't talking, I don't think they're quiet; I just think they're holding back. Because everybody talks."
And he's right....He went on to say that he gets to work 30 minutes early in order to go around the office and speak to everyone. He said some people might not like it, but he's comfortable enough in who he is to be himself around anyone who's around.
I told him, yeah, that's my goal too.....I'm working on it, y'all. Just wait...wait til I get cool enuf with me to be ME....some of y'all have seen a little bit...but you'll know when the task of self-acceptance is complete.

1 comment:

Anonymous said...

DevaDonna: Just be yourself. Why do you have to be social. Just do your job and that is all you need to do. Be social with your social friends outside of work. It works out a lot better. Trust me.