Thursday, October 2, 2008

We are expandable creatures

It was a great evening. That is a total "Jess" night with pure indulgence drinking wine, eating bread, listening to live music with good company. Of course there was random unnecessary conversaton with a complete stranger who offered nothing to the table but an extra fan club only enabling the sarcastic (and protective) but good natured responses. Just upon arriving home I had a run in with a neighbor who lives beneath me. I heard through her roommate she moved in a few months ago, is named Jessica and works in the field of Psychology. I had almost reached out to her for career advice a while back after casually throwing out my interest in Psychology to her roommate who was fixing my chronically running toilet at the time.

Tonight, I had the greatest end to an already enjoyable evening. I met Jessica as we were entering the building together. She already knew who I was and introduced herself with the warmest and most sincere welcome. I immediately felt at ease with her. You sometimes meet people at those moments in life where you are longing for reassurance, only to find others hold the same belief system, validating your ambitions even further. She is in the helping profession but does not define herself as purely a Psychologist. She has training in Nutrition, Personal Training, Massage, Master's in Clinical Psychology, Meditation, and uses her vast skills to work with troubled female teenagers. "We are expandable creatures," she said. And I will take her words with me and cherish them.

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