January 13, 2005

• First impressions last.  I do my best to make a positive first impression.  A memorable one even.  That can be a hard task when you are an introvert.  An addendum is to also realize that someone new is watching all the time.  It's really hard to break someone's first impression of you, simply because they are more likely than not to see you now that you've made a poor impression on them.

  
  

  That's really just the tip of the iceberg as far as I'm concerned.  I'm always trying to make a good impression, no matter how long I've known a person.  Sometimes I fail and sometimes I succeed.  I just hope that when it's all said and done that my good impressions outweigh my bad ones.  If I've left a bad impression with you, I apologize and I hope I'll have an opportunity in the future to make it up to you.

  
  

  I picked up a book the other day called "A Testament of Hope: The Essential Writings and Speeches of Martin Luther King Jr." full of primary source Martin Luther King Jr's writings, unedited and uncommented on, from sermons he gave to letters he wrote to his wife and speeches he made addressing people from the million man march and other protests that he was a part of.  I haven't been able to crack it open yet, but I think with the Martin Luther King Jr. weekend coming up, what better way to spend it reading his words, and analyzing his thoughts and his inspirations.

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