Ever been told that 'all Middle Eastern women are sexy,' that they have 'hypnotic eyes,' and that 'you know what goes on under those burqas' as if they're an exotic species?
Discovery and joy, tension and delight — falling into friendship can be as heady for me as falling in love.
How is new friendship for you?
“Minutes of talking to her makes me feel happy. Then, later on, we’re friends,” shares blogger/photographer/graphic designer Charlie of the Philippines…
Do you still remember your first date? Do you still remember your first impression to him or her? Do you still remember the feelings?
January 19, I met this girl at not too far away land. She is a vendor of pastries in our town. Minutes of talking to her makes me feel happy. Then later on, we’re friends.
Meet Abby. She is so energetic and full of stories. Yes, she is younger than me. She is working at the bakery in our town.
Today January 24, is our first date ever. I took her at Onyang and Fiorgelato.
She able finish it all. She is so happy and very satiafied to our first date. For only 3$ you can have this all.
She said “I want to bring my sister here. It has big serving yet the price too cheap. Unlike other big restaurant out there. Too expensive but…
Role models can be great. They provide wisdom for how to get where we’d like to be.
Take care, though.
In our eagerness, we risk blindness and deafness to how sometimes they’re better examples of what not to do. Of the ones we love, those who are closest to us, their familiarity can feel like normalcy.
The amazing poem posted by afroliz of Zimbabwe that follows illustrates what I’m trying to say.
I believe we must all continually work to be our own best role models. Let us be lighthearted in working toward that goal. Let us be as serious as happiness when it comes to understanding which role models we might already have unwittingly chosen.
