Welcome again to Connection Messenger* Annette Petrick! In this 90-second episode from her Consider This Radio Show, Annette reflects on how different we all are and how sometimes, when we have friends with quirks that drive us a little bonkers, it’s good to remember we have our own quirks too.
Use the audio player below to listen to this 90-second show.
I was in a bit of a mood when writing this show. I had just been annoyed by a friend and decided to write about it. Then I had a humbling awakening. Authenticity and transparency took over and gave me a whole new view of my connection with this friend. Listen to what happened and the conclusion I reached.
Oh my!
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Annette Petrick for Consider This
Annette Petrick is the creative genius and inspired storyteller behind the Consider This Radio Show, featuring 90-second episodes serving up “timely perspectives on life, love, friends, family, giving back, and giving thanks.” Be sure to get on her email list HERE. She sends out a new 90-second episode every Sunday morning.
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Annette Petrick says
Enjoyed the comments to our quirky message. It is indeed humbling to realize what friends put up with, being OUR friends. Recently had 62 of them turn out for my 75th birthday party. It was a surprise, more than 90 people knew about it and NOBODY TOLD! THAT was the biggest surprise for me. Anyway, as I looked out on this large group, I told them, “I would love to introduce each one of you to everyone else because you are so special and so generous and I love you so much. I want everyone to know about you, and us.” What a privilege and honor it was. Truly a day to remember – and so much better given to my face, rather than behind my back, at my funeral. (Here’s where I’d put a happy face icon, if I could remember what it was.)
Elizabeth Cottrell says
I am amazed that Bill pulled off the surprise! What great fun, and I was so sorry to miss it. You are, indeed, much loved and appreciated, Annette.
Karen R. Sanderson says
I clicked over to Annette’s site…shared it to my FB page. Oh boy, do I have friends with quirks…some of those quirks drive me a little insane, but I realize the reasons for that little bit of insanity are problems within myself. I tolerate those quirks because I realize that those quirks are far outnumbered by their fabulous traits. I have one friend who is a bit of a slob. I tolerate that because I realize I’m a little OCD. I have one friend who interrupts me while I try to tell a story. I tolerate that because I realize I interrupt others (I’m working on it!).
Elizabeth Cottrell says
I had exactly the same reaction you did, Karen — it was a great reminder that none of us is perfect and to wonder what traits of mine my friends find quirky…or do I really want to know? 🙂
Pamela says
Friends with quirks means friends with benefits, in the nicest way. Each friend in our life brings us something new and renewing, something unique and humbling, because as odd as a friend may be, he or she reminds us that we have our own ‘oddness’ too! 😉
Elizabeth Cottrell says
Amen to that, Pam! And a friend of mine, Carol Mathias, said something fabulous this week at a retreat we both attended: “NORMAL is on a washing machine and nowhere else.”
Pamela says
Ha Ha! I love that! Yes, there is no normal. We are all unique!