Confession time: when I walk my dog I like to put in my headphones
and walk my dog. It seems selfish, yes I know. But I like to block out
distractions, pray, think, or not think, or whatever. But stopping to
talk to fifty people, even briefly is sometimes an annoyance to me. And
even worse, I do not notice people.... Because I am in my own little
world (how very American of me).
I am a slightly introverted person, if you did not know that
about me. I love hanging out with people.... But sometimes, I just need
to walk my dog.
Now, as I have lived here and grown more accustom to this
culture, and learned more of the language.... I don't mind, and *gasp*
sometimes even enjoy running into people, greeting them, chatting for a
moment and then continuing on. One of the ways I can see myself
changing.
Anyways, sometimes those annoyances turn into something more
then stopping to say hi. Sometimes someone stops me and asks me about
classes in the community center. We love new people :). Sometimes people
stop me to talk about my dog (I have met more people through her than
any other way), And sometimes, like yesterday, I meet someone who is new
to the neighborhood, saw the sign on my house (if you want to change
Mexico, be born again), and we chat for a while. Which leads to swinging
by her house before church on Sunday so we can go together.
Sometimes what I perceive as annoyances aren't at all. Well, they are until I change my attitude.
