dear cont'd

did some thinking and realized i didn't end the last one quite right.

• be the friend i want others to be.  
• make an effort for people - be they friends, potential friends or strangers.
• take a chance on people - yep, they'll often screw me over but which will i regret more?
• step outside my comfort zone - especially for friends, who knows what new discoveries await me from others - new music, new people, new art, new shows, new pics, so much is out there!
• trust more, love more, forgive more - i screw up as much as anyone else and would hope for such understanding from my friends
• realize others are struggling to make this life work, too, and shouldn't i put in as much energy as i would hope others are?
• be an example to others as a Christian, a woman, a friend, a "fill-in-the-blank"

think that sums it all up rather nicely...i need to be the best "me" that God created