"Watch your thoughts; they become words. Watch your words; they become actions. Watch your actions; they become habits. Watch your habits; they become character. Watch your character; it becomes your destiny." -- unknown

Insanity is doing the same thing over and over and expecting different results - Albert Einstein

Merely strangers
March 03, 2007 - 10:01 am

Perhaps I was out of line.. perhaps my expectations were off, but I figured I'd get some sort of "congratulations" email/call from both.

Sure enough.. my mom sends an email back along those lines that I'm signing my life way...

My brother.. send nothing.

I think about it.. and I recall I'd sent him an email a bit before that and he hadn't replied. It was a silly pointless email.. so I didn't much care he didn't reply at the time. Now I start to wonder if I'm using an address he doesn't check anymore -- perhaps one over run with spam.

So.. I decide to call. As I'm hitting send, it occurs to me.. I don't think I've spoken with him in nearly a year.

We talk.. he got the email.. just didn't reply. We hang up.

It bothers me. Both that I didn't expect him not to reply and that he didn't.

I should know better.

That seems to be the story of my life -- I should know better. I should have my expectations in line on things. I should know, that more often than not, we are merely strangers who share some genetic code.