First Impressions

Okay, this is going to sound terrible, in the sense that it lacks all proper etiquette, but try to over look that if you can, and I’ll send myself to stand in the corner.

You know, first impressions mean a lot to me. They determine how I feel about that person until I really get to know them. Like, this missionary lady that stayed at our house started by saying, “Are you on some kind of diet?” to me because I didn’t have any food on my plate yet. (Yah, it’s sounds funny now!) Not the best way to start out. (No offense.) Then when I was reading a verse, (we read a Bible verse card at each meal) I got mixed up with a certain word twice, and she said this deep thing to me about what the word meant… As if I wasn’t embarrassed/ nervous enough, that actually made it worse! They stayed all week, but I never really did warm up to her. Sad. I’m sure she was a nice lady. As shy and insecure as I am, you really have to warm me up to you by coming on well and blending into my personality. (I doubt that made any sense.) I’m trying not to sound conceited, but I’m fragile when it comes to anything social. (And oh, I sure do wish I wasn’t. I’m working on it.) I wasn’t sure what to think of the older nurse at my chiropractor clinic, so when she said, “I like your shoes.” I thought, “That’s a good move. Good move indeed.” Because I really wasn’t a fan of her so far, so that got her some points with me. (Wow, I never realized how vain my social system was until I wrote it.) When a compliment was one of the very first things the other, black-haired nurse said to me, it made me feel less cautious; both in general and towards her. Since the first thing I had to grasp about her was very positive, it set my perception of her towards the positive side. So, always smile, and know someone is always watching you; and wow, this sure will get me thinking about how I’m scoring with people I’ve just met!