catching up made me smile.
i think i gave a brief synopsis of my past weeks within one hour. of course, i monopolized again. i seem to always do that.

A challenged me on accountability. i liked that. without a set goal in mind, i know myself, it would be extremely easy to neglect my responsibilities. her maturity and calm composure have always been characteristics of an effective role model.

C noticed my positivity in our conversation. that really brightened my evening; in fact, it made me chuckle inside. without knowing it, i was not complaining or whining, but the truth of what my heart was saying somehow lightened my mindset. my mentality has been softened since the beginning i tried to give so many tests....more importantly, however, when C told me about her insecurities, it made me laugh. when we laugh at something, we are in essence saying, "i identify with that!" when someone stands up and shares all his/her faults and foibles, we laugh and love him/her for it. "whoever says laughter isn't healing just hasn't hurt enough." laughter does not mean we are ignoring pain, living in denial, or just not aware of the troubles around us...for me, laughter is how we take a much-needed break from the insecurity, such that when we turn to face it again, it has by some miracle grown smaller in size and intensity, if not disappeared altogether. the parallels that C and i go through are indeed moving side by side. but i can sense that we are both growing. such a simple conversation has filled my cup, and i don't think she even realized that. *smile