Peers

Sometimes things change abruptly and it offers a new perspective on your life. In my case... I don't know that I have any peers in my life with any regularity. There are not alot of 26 year old, unmarried, male graduate student, assistant hall directors at a small Christian campus in Indiana. Maybe this is the case with all of us if we choose to see ourselves as defined by 4 or 5 demographic labels all at once. Whatever the reason, this is what I'm thinking about this afternoon. I've got alot of things going on inside without anyone to feel totally at ease about sharing them all with and simply taking in their responses without trying to frame it in some way. Maybe this is evidence of more root issues... I have a hard time trusting as fully as I should. Though this is not a new observation about myself, this reality seems to be hightened all the more, considering the changes. Who do I talk to and whom can I sense genuinely cares and genuinely understands? Ultimately, this thought process is pretty selfish, but still frustrating all the same.