TM - 70 - If you could trade lives with one person for a day, who would it be, and what would you do

[on_holy_ground]

I spent a great deal of time thinking about this question. There are so many variables as to who I could be and what I could do if I were given the chance to be someone else. However it struck me as I considered the choices that there is really nothing that I could accomplish in one day by being someone else that I could not eventually accomplish by being myself, if it were something that I truly wanted.

It was then however that I started thinking about the adage that states that you should never judge another until you have walked a mile in their shoes. And that is when I realized that I myself have had the chance to walk many miles in the shoes of someone who was as close to being the opposite of who I once was as it is possible to get. So I suppose that in essence, I have already done this very thing. Except that it wasn’t for just a day, but for the rest of my life.

Comments

[aeon-flux69.livejournal.com]

I traded lives of a sort... with Aeon. And I think my presence... only hurts.

[on-holy-ground.livejournal.com]

I think perhaps that your presence does hurt in some ways, but I also think that it comforts in others.

[aeon-flux69.livejournal.com]

But... It... hurts me to see the hurt in their eyes when they look at me. I wish... *she looks down* Sometimes, I wish I could just hide. But then I get lonely.

[on-holy-ground.livejournal.com]

You need to remember that they aren't hurt by you, but by circumstances over which you had no control. I also think you need to think about how much more they would be hurting, if you were not here.

[aeon-flux69.livejournal.com]

*She looks up* But, I'm just a painful reminder aren't I?

*sighs softly* I guess so.

[on-holy-ground.livejournal.com]

*softly* Trust me, I am sure that they would rather have you here, than to not have you here.

[aeon-flux69.livejournal.com]

*nods* I will trust you.

*She rushed to him and hugged, tightly for a brief moment then pulled away just as quickly*

Thank you.

[on-holy-ground.livejournal.com]

*flushes slightly* You are most welcome.