Monday, 27 January 2014

Don't Think Before You Speak

While I never had any problems asking favours from friends, I have always been restricted when it involves others. For example, if any friend of mine would offer me to introduce me one of his/hers friends to help me out with something, I have never really been comfortable accepting it. Likewise, I never liked when someone asked me to get someone I know to do something.

The reason for that, is just that I tend to think that by doing any of such things, I will bother that person. I mean, of course that if you don't want to do a favour you are asked, you can always just deny, but there is also the possibility that you are just too polite to do so. What I mean is, by over thinking, I end up finding reasons not to rely on others. But the thing is, many times those 'others' want to be relied upon, and will actually be glad to talk with someone. And when they actually are annoyed, they will probably either just tell you directly, ignore you or make some excuse; and in these cases, there's no real problem involved, is there*?

Next month I'm travelling to Japan on my own and today I decided to speak with some Japanese people I don't really know on Facebook. Not only it was really entertaining talking to them, they actually offered to guide me around in Tokyo.**

*Simulation:

-Hey, can you...
-No
-Ok.

No harm done.


**Music I got to know today talking to the above-mentioned people.


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