Wednesday, March 26, 2008
The Blues
While none of the blues that I feel could even come close to the blues that were felt growing up as an African-American during the early 1900s, there are still things that can get me down or give me the blues. Because I am lucky and my life is fairly uncomplicated, the things that get me down are usually pretty simple to solve and try to get over. The main thing that can give me the blues is when there are conflicts between me and the people that I am close to. Any kind of conflict with my family or friends, whether it is big or small, can always give me the blues and disrupt my life. A perfect world for me would be one wher ethere was never any conflict between me and the people that I'm close with and we could live together peacefully. Unfortunately, I know that this is impossible because disagreements will always arise between people who spend a lot of time together and know a lot about each other. Whether the disagreements are little arguments over problems that are easily fixed, or big blow-outs over major issues, they all have a way of getting under my skin and giving me the blues.
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I agree. Although I have had more serious and complex issues in my life, they don't get to me as much as fights with my friends. It's different with family; you've known them your whole life and you didn't choose your family, so even if you're close, you know they have seen you at your worst and disagreements are to be expected. Since you choose your friends having "drama" is more unsettling. When you first meet your friends you only focus on what you have in common or what you enjoy doing together, but once you get to know eachother more it can lead to conflict. I've found that the friendships that have survived conflicts tend to be the strongest. It's when something can't get resolved that I "get the blues"
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