Layers

In some aspects, we all have layers which show sides of us which people either see or don't see. These layers each of us have can be compared to an onion. For if a person starts to peel away each layer, one will discover sides of him or her that one never new existed. We've all had at one point a pre-conceived notion about a person, but once you peel away the superficial covering, one can get a better understanding of who that person is on a deep, personal and emotional level. A level where one can either be friends, despise him or her even more, or completely fall in love with that person.

Personally speaking, the 3 layers which if you peel away little by little, you can get a better understanding of who I am as a person. If you ever meet me in person, you will be introduced to the first layer which will show my quiet, serious, artistic, and somewhat shy side. It takes a while for me to warm up and get to know people, for the simple reason that I am a cautious person. I have that mentality if I don't know you I don't trust you and you have to earn my trust. But once he or she peels away that somewhat rough covering, you will find a layer that people will enjoy and grow fond of.

My second layer, my laid back side, is what people start to see as I gradually feel comfortable around people that I get to know, plus more of my personality starts to show. One will get to see my goofy side in which my more sarcastic and cynical side, add that with my corny sense of humor plus my deep philosophical way of thinking, you got a guy who you can call a friend. A friend that will be there for you to listen, give advice, and talk to when you need some help. But be fair warned, I am somwhat of a practical joker and even though you are my friend you won't be safe, so watch your back.

My third and last layer is a layer that I rarely ever show or share with people that have gotten to know me and that is my emotional/sentimental side. I'm the type of person that has no problem saying how I feel in writing, but when it comes to trying to say it to a girl that I'm interested the words can't seem to come out. To be perfectly honest, it's somewhat of a rarity for me to share my feelings with someone that I like and have those feelings returned back, which has happened to me on several different occasions. Hey, I'm just a regular guy living a simplistic but yet complicated life, which is what everybody else is probably living as well.

Let me ask you this question, have you ever tried to figure someone out only to give up on that particular venture because you got nowhere or simply were frustrated trying? In any case, I don't claim to know everything about love, life, relationships and women, but I basically am a person who listens, learns, steps back to get/see the bigger picture and initially come up with these Yoda-isms that I send/write on a semi-daily basis. In retrospect, if you continually peel away layer after layer of a person, one will find his or her heart. A heart that has loved, that has hurt, and has never quit when faced with problems and obstacles that he or she has overcome. In the end, I ask you this question, what are your 3 layers?