Monday, May 29, 2006

I read this from Ollie's blog and found it so true and that it's such a great analogy. Quite applicable to some of the people i know.

Right. It's a downpour out there. You get on a bus. It is terribly empty. You choose a seat. The bus pulls into the crowded kerb of the next stop after some time. Heck, you don't wish to sit next to any squishy person (unless it's Monsieur Depp) so you weigh your options:

a. Push everyone away by placing a book on the seat next to yours.
b. Take a chance and pray bloody desperately you get someone nice.

Say you pick the former. When the bus is filled to the brim with people, you continue feigning ignorance and pretend you're waiting for someone despite the dirty looks all over. Finally, you give up. And no one takes the goddamn seat, just to spite you. Either that or they just don't want to plant their arse next to your bitter face, which decidedly is the inevitable end-result of all the waiting for someone, anyone to settle next to you so you can stop feeling embarrassed.

Now, the latter. Someone will come along. If he were the shady sort, just inch further into your side of the seat and hibernate. No harm done. Saves a lot of excess baggage from piling up unnecessarily.

Bottomline: Leave your options open. Don't shut every other person out simply because one faggot took a swipe at your heart and broke it. Someone nice will come along.