"There are very few of us who have heart enough to be really in love without encouragement... Bingley likes your sister undoubtedly; but he may never do more than like her, if she does not help him on." (20)
Along the same lines as this quote spoken by Miss Charlotte Lucas during her witty and practical conversation with Elizabeth Bennet, I feel a personal connection of understanding with Jane Bennet, who apparently has difficulties in aptly expressing herself and her emotions to others. In the novel, Jane Bennet is a rather reserved character whom most other characters do not personally understand or even mistaken for being unaffectionate. But this is, of course, with the exception of the deepest understanding of Jane by her younger and closest sister, Elizabeth. Much like Jane Bennet, I also find that my thoughts and feelings are often misunderstood due to my reserved tendencies. Especially as of senior year, many of my friends have approached me and asked me to “open myself up” to them. Some addressed my problem as a lack of consideration for those friends who need and are strengthened by explicit expressions of trust for one another. Others have posed that my biggest problem is my temperament in and of itself, and that it would be better for me and those around me if I were to try to be more directly expressive. At present, I do not have the right answer or best solution to such problems, but I do know of and am thankful for my own “Elizabeths” whom I have found to understand me in spite of my quiet responses to their brilliant friendship.
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It is not a requirement for "right living" that we all wear our hearts on our sleeves. As long as our genuineness and sincerity outshine our cynicism, the world will forgive us if we aren't as forthright all the time. You are real and that is what matters most!
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