Take me at face value...

A reputation. A pre-judgement based upon something that may or may not be entirely or at all factual. Sure, reputations are usually associated to a person for a good reason, but does that mean that he or she should always be labelled as such? Is it fair for someone to work from anothers assumptions, without being given the opportunity to form their own?

But assume for now that the reputation is just. Can this person change? Sure, they can, nothings stopping them, but in the eyes of others they are still the same person that they always were. The reputation will fade with time, but for now, it's stuck. And that means that the person with the reputation must battle against everyone's judgements and scorn to prove that they can change. And this is why many fail, because we are so often exactly what others think we are. If we are percieved to be a crook, then why try to be anything else?

All that you need is for one person to believe. For one person to take a leap of faith and forget about the past, worrying only about the now, and about the future. Though this is hard, and requires much trust, the benefits can be earth shattering. This is not to say that things cannot go wrong, but as long as there is trust from one other, and desire from the one with the reputation, progress can be made.

This just leaves one final question. What will it take for you to trust me?

Hiatus...

So, for the record, I didn't disappear from the face of the earth, nor did I suddenly cease to exist. So, just to recap, I'll let you all know where I've been for the last few weeks. After I stopped working (about 2 weeks ago), I lost the structure from my days, and became a little preoccupied with finishing loose ends that I had before I left for the fall term at university. This didn't lend well to writing, since, though I had a lot that I wanted to write about, I also had a lot to do, that I needed to schedule in on my own. And to be honest, I just didn't.

And then I moved up to school. This all went pretty smoothly, as would be expected. Soon after, I started a week of job training for my new job, working with the university's IT services. The following friday, I finished training, and started frosh leader training. That brings me to now. We're still in the midst of training, and there's still a lot on my mind.

With all of the challenges that the new year will bring, I'm anticipating a lot to write about. So if there are any of you who still care to check this page, please stick around. The post's will start to take yet another new path, this time heading toward the personal challenges that I meet, while still sticking to the emotional side.

Now, time to start writing the real post.