Thursday, February 19, 2004
Alone
Yesterday I got overwhelmed with new people, new everything. I left work longing for a familiar face and wanting to just go home and hide from the world. Actually—and I told Heather this last night—what I really wanted to do was to go home and curl up on the couch I don't own with the boyfriend I don't have. I just wanted to hang on to the comfort of someone who knows me so well.
Friendship is the inexpressible comfort of feeling safe with a person, having neither to weigh thoughts nor measure words.
-George Eliot
That’s what I needed last night.
This past week has been really emotional for me. I don't know if it's homesickness or what; I don't think I've ever been homesick before. I'm just longing for familiarity and I'm tired of meeting new people and trying to build new relationships. This is not exactly a good feeling to have the day before I go on a church retreat with the goal of meeting new people and building new relationships. Sigh.
Friendship is the inexpressible comfort of feeling safe with a person, having neither to weigh thoughts nor measure words.
-George Eliot
That’s what I needed last night.
This past week has been really emotional for me. I don't know if it's homesickness or what; I don't think I've ever been homesick before. I'm just longing for familiarity and I'm tired of meeting new people and trying to build new relationships. This is not exactly a good feeling to have the day before I go on a church retreat with the goal of meeting new people and building new relationships. Sigh.
| posted by Barbara | 10:18 PM