They Just Pop.

So it's been a decent weekend... even though I haven't accomplished much of what I needed to do... I just felt.. calmer... I'm not exactly sure why that is.. other than the fact that I'm not concerned about being on a timetable to getting everything done. I think that's caused me a bit of undue stress.. and that it's much better to just enjoy each day as it comes.. I do get a bit down on myself from time-to-time.. but I deal with that as it happens.  I think that maybe I'm instigating the setting of expectations that others may have on me.. I joke about how I'm always right... I do see myself in a positive light most of the time... but I try not to focus on my shortcomings... and I don't need people to be led into thinking I'm more of a friend than I actually am. I enjoy witty banter... I try to see the positive of both sides of a discussion.. and I work to not set expectations myself of any others... But for all of that... I know there are a lot of things about me that I could change for the better. I see how some people treat others... and wonder how they can put up with that.  It's really none of my business... but I do care about what happens in the lives of other people. I think we all create these bubbles in which we live... and it's comfortable inside these bubbles... what happens when two bubbles collide.. sometimes they burst.. and we lose a friend... sometimes they remain in tact and then the person inside of each doesn't change... but the third option is that those bubbles connect.. and become one bubble for awhile... people can interact and share experiences.. but if the bubbles are too different.. the created "one" bubble is unstable... and can't hold for very long...  I know that some people are reading this thinking... "he's gone crazy ...thinking about bubbles"  ...but then there are those that are able to read the analogy. A bubble is created when surface tension is put on a secluded space... it's the stress of life that helps to create these bubbles..  most of us have much stress in our lives.. and even though the causes are different, we all tend to have a similar amount of stress. But then we sometimes build up stress inside our bubble too.. that comes from us... and maybe we burst our own bubble... unable to maintain any semblance of order in our lives because we create stress and problems that we don't need to worry about. I'm certain I do that from time to time... I like bumping bubbles with other people... those I share my bubble with... I call my friends... sometimes it works out that both bubbles are able to pop back apart and go on their merry way.. but most times.. they just pop.