If Your Lost You Can Look and You Will Find Me

We all play different roles for different people in our lives. Perhaps one of the most frustrating things to deal with is when you don't know what role it is you need to play for a certain person.

For a lot of the people in my life I play somewhat of an authority figure. This is probably due largely to the fact that I was actually the boss of a lot of these people, and also partly because I do have leadership qualities in me.

This is not to say I'm a nagging asshole. In fact, I'm more of an overseer. I don't want to stop people from making mistakes. You learn from mistakes. And that is certainly where I'll step in. Because, I refuse to let people I care about come away from their mistakes with nothing.

I also tend to be a pusher. That is, when someone tells me they want something, I tell them to go get it. This is especially true (and frustrating) when the thing they want is right there just waiting to be grabbed.

I've spent a lot of time recently agonizing over what my role was for a specific person. Let me tell you. Last night when I finally figured out that it was exactly this common role I play that she needs from me, I was super relieved. Like a boy trying to watch through the scramble of the porn channel and then finally discovering the internet. While this wasn't really the role I wanted to play originally. Well, it's just nice to know what I'm supposed to do.

Know your role. It'll set you free.