Advice: Flaws

Now, I don't actually know where I'm going with this post. Generally I don't tell/advise people on how to live their lives but for some reason with this blog I can't seem to get away from it. Ugh. Stop preaching Caitlin.

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Alrighty then. So I was talking with one of my close friends the other day (havin' a good ol' goss!) and we were just talking about all the people who were are friends with and just chatting about them. And we got onto talking about my friend Mahalia.

Let Me explain Mahalia. She is such a dreamer, it is actually amazing. Everything she does is unconventional and not in a  "Oh I don't want to be mainstream" but that is just the way she is. Basically she spends her time doing what she loves because she loves it. It's striking me now how rare that is. Anyway, Mahalia manages to piss off a lot of people just by being herself, and she doesn't really mind. I think she's too busy drawing or doing whatever else dreamer-y to notice most of the time.

But what my friend and I were talking about is that what Mahalia does, which pisses off most people, is what the rest of us love her best for. She's a great person, and she's always  up for an adventure or a dare. Completely spontaneous. And I know that's not for everyone and that is completely fine, but for me and my friend, we completely adore that about her and wouldn't have it any other way. (I swear I didn't mean to ramble about my friends.)

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OK, so my point is by this story (it's taking me long enough to come to it) is that what other people see as Mahalia's 'flaws' is my favourite things about her. Everyday I'm around her I'm constantly reminded that people's flaws are brilliant. Oh my god, OK, moral of the story: don't bury your 'flaws' but just go out and do what makes you happy. Don't do what makes you feel ok 'OK', but happy enough for you to want to sing from the roof tops (except the fact that you will most probably fall). I mean, doesn't I've always wanted a life where (most of the time - no not all of the time, then it wouldn't be special!) they fall asleep with a smile on their face?

This all seems easy enough for me to say, and I know I'm being a hypocrite here because I don't totally do it myself, but everyday I try and work on it, just by doing little things everyday. Just pushing the comfort barrier - not completely breaking it (Unless you're really brave. If you are this brave, I love you for it. I am also very jealous).

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I've got another friend, Gaby, who is a bit of a bitchy person. A couple of years I hated her for it. Now I adore her, because she still has that bitchiness about her, but she is an entirely nice bitch. What I mean is that she is totally fine with knowing that she is a 'bitch' and she just knows this is a part of her, but instead of sending it away, she embraces it. But she still is genuinely a good person, maybe not a kind one, but if you treat her right, she'll do right by you. And I love that. She knows that people are going to hate her for it, but she's embraced that part of herself and I love that she doesn't try and hide it.

I read this quote while thinking about Gaby and it was "If you accept your flaws, no one can use they against you" and I don't know, I think it's kind of corny but it's really true.  So basically, this is just a long winded ramble in my realization that 'flaws' are brilliant. I love flaws. They make life totally interesting.