I soon forgot her words, put them in the very back of my mind. At least until another of my friends asked me a rather odd question. He asked me if I was one of those girls everybody liked. He asked because that was the pictured he had of me. I asked him why he thought that, why he thought I was liked by everyone, because I most certainly did not feel like that. And his answer made me think of my friend who said I didn't understand her.
He told me that he asked because I was always in a good mood, I was pretty, and I was funny. He said that he really enjoyed talking to me. He said that he couldn't understand why I don't have a boyfriend, because in his world the boys should be standing in line to get a girl like me. And this opened up my eyes. I have never really thought of myself as pretty. I never thought of myself as the kind of girl anyone would like. I have sort of gotten used to being disliked by most of the people around me. I'd start believe the mean words that have been thrown at me over the years. I've often thought of myself as the ugly duckling. But have never thought of the fact, that one day the ugly duckling will become a beautiful swan. I might not be there entirely yet, but I know that I'm getting there. I know that I one day will be that beautiful swan, whom all the other ducks are looking up to. At least that what I hope.
But his words also made me think of something else. Do we know what we mean to the people around us? Do we know how we look from their perspective? I now know, that I don't know.