The first thing that happened to me in the morn set me in a contemplative mood and it led me to think of an analogy.
A friend who has been through qt a number of relationships told me that while most people think that he is irresponsible, he is actually doing the most responsible thing by ending the relationship that appears unsuitable before things get worse. On one hand, i can understand why people deem him to be irresponsible, because most people believe that a relationship should not begin until both parties are rather sure that things are going to work out. On the other, i also understand my friend's point of view that sometimes or most times, u'd only really know a person after spending more time with the person in a relationship.
In many ways, getting into a relationship is like choosing shoes. Some shoes look gorgeous on the shelves, but one look at some of them is suffice to convince you that they are not suitable for you. Some shoes will attract ur attention and appear sufficiently suitable to make u want to bring them down the shelves to try. It's when u put them on for the first time that u can tell if it is really comfortable or not. At this point of time, some shoes are comfortable and u consider buying them and some pple will look for the price tag and re-assess how much they are willing to forgo in exchange for that pair of shoes. After the purchase is made, most people will be in great anticipation to wear them. That said, perhaps whether the pair of shoes is really comfortable or suitable will only be known after wearing the shoes for some time.
I guess it is not uncommon that shoes that seemed to fit well at the shop arent really comfortable after long periods of standing or walking. Some of these shoes become comfortable with time while some will cause sufficient pain and discomfort that make u think again before wearing them again. True?
Initially i had more thoughts abt this analogy but i shall leave it as it is for now :)
