Christina Clark

There is a talent some people have.  Actually, i think everyone has a talent somewhere.  I'm still trying to work out mine....though it's been said i fold space well, which leads to a lot of bag purchases and regrets....
Some people just can figure you out in a moment.  Such a person is Christina, who i met under unfortunate circumstances much too late in the game.  Had i met her earlier, i might have avoided some of the predicament in which i find myself.
The first time i met with her, it felt to me that she was hostile and that everything in life looked grim.  We were unclear about where the whole process was headed and i think she may have seemed that way because of her preconceptions, and my own assumptions (to which i am trying not to be a slave).  The second time i met with her, it seemed she opened a little.  Granted, i think Matt might have done that to her.  However, upon seeing her again, she has offered me very concise assessments of where she thinks my communication problems lay.  She was spot on and direct at getting right to the heart of the matter.  For her insights, i am truly grateful, because as i solidify my understanding of identifying certain communication patterns, i am better able to hone in and break the patterns. 
It will always be difficult to be the person i want to be.  But maybe somehow, somewhere in the next few months i can make greater headway with come really focused learning. 
Until then, i thank her for separating the person from the action as the Dali Llama would say-for seeing through to the person who wants to be good, open and learn, but has been tripping a lot and decided the way to stop tripping was fortifying a defensive army of shin guards the likes of which the Romans couldn't imagine.