"Bent or Broken?"

It’s about 1am on a Monday morning and I am relaxing for a little bit before retiring for the night and I got to thinking after reading an e-mail. Yeah, I do think from time to time. A wonderful friend spoke of being broken, metaphorically, and I couldn’t help but think about that word and the context in which it was spoken. Broken! Wow, what can one say about this word? I understand completely what my friend was saying, and I understand why. We know enough about each other’s history to be able to understand each other and that’s a very good thing.

So, bent or broken? Which one depicts a more profound message? Both have this and both are an example of positive thinking so the answer would be left to the individual, I reckon. But as friends do, we lift each other up as high as we can. We share our experiences and sometimes, fearfully, because of what someone else may think, even some of our closest friends. That’s just raw human nature and not much, if anything, can change that. To be accepted in spite of it all is inherent in all of us. We all crave that.

So, in my thinking that I do from time to time, I try to think outside the sphere because there is always more than one way look at things and I strive to be more positive; not to feel superior in any way because I selflessly share these ideas and my closest friends know my motives. Again, that’s a very good thing. I share my ideas and sometimes, someone might agree and even when we don’t, we still accept that that’s just the way it is and that’s so cool to me. That’s so much more than a token friendship. Damn, that’s a lot of “that’s” in that paragraph.

Now, I got off track so back to the subject. I like to think being bent is to be just that, only bent, and you can “mold” yourself back into shape again and even allowing ones who give a real shit to help in that reforming. This doesn’t mean I am the only one right. It means that being broken can be just as right and just as profound. It’s all in how you look at things once you have experienced and reflected on your own life experiences.