[He listened, quietly, attentively, pulling back long enough so he could look her in the eye. He knew the feeling, had done the same damn thing to Priscilla, had punished himself and put himself through the ringer under the idea that it could make it better. Oh, he knew this route well.]
Did you learn from it?
[Not, ‘Are you okay?’ or ‘These things happen’. No ‘It will be okay’. Just…]
Sometimes we do something wrong, and it’s a reminder that we don’t know everything, that we gotta keep working on ourselves. Life’s a journey, Irene. Sometimes, it’s all a giant learning experience, and the greatest thing we can do in that situation and to the person we wronged is to realize where we misstepped, take that knowledge, and never do it again. Do you think you can do it?
[He sighed.] I remember that fight. You scared me back then, scared a lot of people. You need to remember there are a lot of folks who care about you here, and they don’t want to see you hurt, even if you feel like hurting yourself.
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Date: 2011-04-30 04:45 pm (UTC)Did you learn from it?
[Not, ‘Are you okay?’ or ‘These things happen’. No ‘It will be okay’. Just…]
Sometimes we do something wrong, and it’s a reminder that we don’t know everything, that we gotta keep working on ourselves. Life’s a journey, Irene. Sometimes, it’s all a giant learning experience, and the greatest thing we can do in that situation and to the person we wronged is to realize where we misstepped, take that knowledge, and never do it again. Do you think you can do it?
[He sighed.] I remember that fight. You scared me back then, scared a lot of people. You need to remember there are a lot of folks who care about you here, and they don’t want to see you hurt, even if you feel like hurting yourself.
[The couch is boss. Just saying.]