"she's got blisters on the soles of her feet, she can't walk- but she's trying..."

Isn't it crazy sometimes how much certain people affect your life? I'm a firm believer of EVERY person being capable of influencing and affecting someone else's life in some way-- sometimes it's a HUGE influence. Sometimes very little. And other times... somewhere in between. And of course, these people who influence our lives can influence our lives two ways- positively, or negatively. But, I think it's important to note that no matter what happens, no matter how bad it hurts you, no matter how deeply you are wounded- everything you go through only makes you stronger and better than before. So maybe someone does influence your life in a negative way. But later on, you will realize how much you grew because of it. And that's life, baby. It's also so crazy how different people affect your life at very different times-- that also goes along with that whole, "people come and people go" thing. Of course, some people's influence in your life lasts longer than others-- muuuuch longer than some. Some people's ways of affecting your life stay forever apart of who you are. For a lot of us, it's your parents whose influence stays with us the longest. But, I think, also it's not always so much the length of influence that creates lasting impressions, but more so the depth. You probably can think of someone in your life now, or someone who used to be perhaps, that, in the grand scheme of life, doesn't really add up to that much time spent with their influence. And yet, when you really think about it, that person affected you the most-- more than ANYONE else ever could. Maybe the explanation for such a deep affection has to do with what you were going through personally when you knew this person. Maybe it's just because of who you are, and who that person really is-- the connection is just there. That makes me think about something else that's kind of crazy about relationships. Isn't it weird how much you have to work to keep a relationship with one person good, and how LITTLE you must work at another relationship with someone else? Maybe the two of you are just so polar opposite that it makes it hard sometimes-- or, maybe the two of you are so similar that it causes problems in certain situations. Who knows. Those are just two basic ways I can think of off the top of my head, but there are so many others-- people are just so complex, it's impossible to predict every situation outcome with every relationship throughout your life. Simply impossible.

People are fascinating. Aren't they??