GULP. . . You know, I hardly know, on most days, like what type of tone of voice I'm using for anything. Today, with so much on my mind and with everything that has been going on, well, one of my coworkers took offense to my tone in responding to him about "something" (like I even remember. whatever it was, well, it was small and insignificant and thus. . .) I had to tell him: DUDE! Trust me: given all the things going on in my life right now, forgive my funky tone, but please understand that it has absolutely NOTHING TO DO WITH YOU! Then i told him about my week and he felt bad that he just projected his, well, own ego and insecurities onto my "tone" as if my world and every thing I had to say truly had something to do with him. I mean, in the end, he ended up apologizing to me for "projecting" onto me as if I was so wrapped up into "him" that I would really care to talk to him in a certain way as to berate him when, quite frankly, my "tone" was about just wanting to be left alone. So, i guess I'm saying: please don't be so quick to misinterpret some things that, perhaps, may not have anything to do with you. And I hope I haven't "projected" because I know I can be funky. . .even to those I truly care about. What's that expression/cliche? You only hurt the ones you love. . .?
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Uh, damn: forgive my "lion tamer" tendencies. . .
Date: 2005-08-20 03:43 am (UTC)You know, I hardly know, on most days, like what type of tone of voice I'm using for anything. Today, with so much on my mind and with everything that has been going on, well, one of my coworkers took offense to my tone in responding to him about "something" (like I even remember. whatever it was, well, it was small and insignificant and thus. . .)
I had to tell him: DUDE! Trust me: given all the things going on in my life right now, forgive my funky tone, but please understand that it has absolutely NOTHING TO DO WITH YOU!
Then i told him about my week and he felt bad that he just projected his, well, own ego and insecurities onto my "tone" as if my world and every thing I had to say truly had something to do with him. I mean, in the end, he ended up apologizing to me for "projecting" onto me as if I was so wrapped up into "him" that I would really care to talk to him in a certain way as to berate him when, quite frankly, my "tone" was about just wanting to be left alone.
So, i guess I'm saying: please don't be so quick to misinterpret some things that, perhaps, may not have anything to do with you.
And I hope I haven't "projected" because I know I can be funky. . .even to those I truly care about. What's that expression/cliche? You only hurt the ones you love. . .?