nice people finish last

i was told what my blog topic should be about next, and it is nice people. its tough enough to write a blog when i only have skills and not skillz yet but to be told what to write about could possibly be an even bigger cause of anxiety. i think i am up to the challenege though. (hopefully this is up to your blog standards grog.)

this week i have gotten to speak with a great friend of mine quite a few times, and its actually really shocking being that normally he is traveling the country and lacks the abiltiy to communicate as well as normal humans who stay in one place, or even one state everyday. when talking we were sharing how we are both burdened or blessed with the ever so special trait of being the nice ones. the ones always looking out for their friends because you feel such a love for them that their happiness is more important than yours. i actually enjoy this trait about myself but i do see where it causes problems. i am the girlfriend who will do your laundry if you casually mention you have no clean clothes or i'll order you a freakin pizza over the internet despite you living thousands of miles away because i know you cant for yourself. it eventually does have a wearing down problem that comes along with it or maybe even the loss of ones self in another. perhaps its just something you learn as you go along.

now i dont mean to make that sound as if i think i need to do those things to gain approval from anyone but rather i do it because its like a craving i have in myself to just please. i just love the act of making others happy because that fuels me in a way like no other.

my friend was sharing the nice guys finish last tidbit of info with me during this conversation. i'd like to hit on that a bit now. nice guys probably do finish last but in the best way possible. i tend to believe scripture and luckily christ speaks about the last shall be first and the first shall be last. i know despite us all being the ones going behind picking up everyone elses slack, it'll be made up to us in heaven if we have the peace of mind that christ died for us. so in actuality nice guys finishing last is really winning the race of life. so a+ to the slow people because you'll be mvps in the end.

i dont think this blog has really covered any points on anything other than the fact that greg and i are nice and its good and bad. thats about all i can come up with that this point so i do apologize for the fact that you probably read this and got nothing out of it.

i now feel obligated to copy greg's blog a bit and feature some people but sticking with the topic

of nice i will feature two people i feel are some of the winners in that category. greg, since being the inspiration of this blog will of course have to be mentioned. greg is nice perhaps even beyond the words of nice. meeting him this summer was great. i dont want to boost his ego anymore than needed though so i'll just say he was one of my favorite people on the bus because we were often on the same page with things. he's one of the few people i talk to now that i am off tour and i am thankful for that definitely. i don't think he'll ever know how much we all respect him but i guess this blog may help him to realize even a little bit of how many people really enjoy his company.

kat. i dont think there are words to how wonderfully nice she is. she puts her all into every aspect of her life, no matter what. seriously, i think i could ask her to pick me up from virginia drive me to california and drive me back and she would do it without even thinking no. not that im telling you to do that, because im pretty protective of her. i am not so crazy about how many people think its ok to ask her to do everything for them knowing she will say yes. kat is my best friend. i'll always be thankful for this summer solely because of how close we became and how important she is to me. kat deserves the best and she'll totally win the race of nice people finish last.

so basically. be friends with greg and kat because you can't go wrong. if nothing else they will listen to whine nonstop about relationships and life and they will always have your back whenever you need it. it's pretty much money to be their friend.

stay tuned for my next blog when i compose a wonderful story known as, lauren eberle: a winner in making me laugh so hard i had to leave a wake. and just as a little preview i would like to leave you with this photograph of the wonderful slaur.