How could I forget?! One tremendous blessing this year... a new roommate. Becky moved in in July. She's been an unexpected blessing. I've had some great roommates the past five or six years... no complaints. I've always told myself that one reason they've worked so well is because I haven't known them incredibly well, and we run in different social circles. To be honest, I thought I was stepping into the same situation with Becky. This Fall, I got a little bit nervous when our friendship circles began to overlap a bit. She went camping with me and some friends, and I started to freak out a bit. Funny thing is... I learned something about myself in the process. I realized that I find it incredibly easy to share my house, my food, my pots & pans, etc., but I find it much more difficult to share friends. Somehow all these years, the thing I thought was my "secret" to healthy roommate relations was really just me being selfish. It's been a lot easier to simply stay selfish and avoid the personal growth of learning to share my friends. In reality, that's been very freeing. It's also allowed me to get over the roommate hump. Becky and I are surprisingly similar (more on that later). For the first time, I really enjoy having someone around just to watch TV with, chat about life and laugh. In fact, I'm looking forward to growing that friendship even more in 2011!
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