Growing Older

I was talking with my mother the other day and we were talking about how the older we get, we find things that didn't bother us when we were younger bother us now. I find traits in people that I've known forever to now really bother me. They never used to bother me before. I wondered to myself, "Have I just over looked these traits all these years?" The answer is no. My mother told me that when you get older you develop your own personality and then you define who you are. Slowly but surely things that did used to bother you, start to.

I know this from experience.

I look around at my friends and think about how much we have changed. How much we've experience. How much we've grown out  of that "nerdy glasses and frizzy hair" stage. We don't just do things because everyone else does them. However, that means sometimes our personalities clash sometimes.

My friends are all very different people. Olivia, is the one I've known the longest. She's the type that speaks her mind, sometimes that gets her into trouble though. Catherine, the quiet one that is always in deep thought. I truly believe she thinks on a higher level than others. Amanda, the loud, tall athlete. She is always the life of the party. Brittany, the shopping guru who has the strongest relationship with God I've ever seen. Mari-lynn, the Lover. She loves people with all of her heart and wants what is best for them, even if it causes her pain. Then there is me, Savannah Emily, the laid back one who also is very opinionated.

Like I said, we're all very different. We all started out that same but now have transformed into very different people. This causes clashes in ways of thinking and doing. I know we all have our flaws in personalities. I know I personally am very opinionated so that makes me feel like I need to give it, when I don't, sometimes.

Being different isn't always a bad thing, it brings new light into a situation. Sometimes though we need to step back and think "How am I going to affect this person by saying or doing this?"