#538; I hope you always forgive, and you never regret
Sunday, November 14, 2010
COH Retreat can be summed up in two words, misaligned expectations.
And because of that, everyone loses.
I think we all had fun, but the general feeling I leave with, after the entire duration of the retreat is simply... loss, disappointment, and as a result I'm just pretty angry/angsty about the whole thing.
Why this happens:
1. Expectations.
Everybody walked in with some preconception on what it's going to be like, and bloody hell, everyone expected different things - it'd be impossible to please everyone,
nobody leaves happy.
At the same time though, if you made a promise, the least we could expect is for it to be kept. Since you had full control from the start as to how the situation will turn out, don't break a promise. Especially in front of us.
And I know I disappointed a lot of people. We all got disappointed, a little too much.
2. Our personalities.
They're too strong, I guess. We see things one way and refuse to look at it in another way. We expect things to go like that, and when it hits far off the mark we don't understand why. We make assumptions, we make accusations.
And while we still have the humility to reflect and apologise, it only comes about with reasons that we believe in.
You're the same, you know.
We're just the same people, coming from two opposite ends of the spectrum.
Argh I think this camp just made me lose a litle bit of Guides, and gain a little more of B11ATCH.
But it won't last, I'm seeing all of you again tomorrow.
<3
And that's the way it should be,
nothing more.
And if you're faced with a choice, and you have to choose,
I hope you choose the one that means the most to you.
And if one door opens to another door closed,
I hope you keep on walking till you find the window.Don't lose this just like that.
Choose the one that means the most to you.
8:31 PM
