Peer Fear
Marc D McKeeman
marcusmac at juno.com
Mon Dec 23 13:23:48 PST 1996
On Mon, 23 Dec 1996 08:54:51 -0500 HDec654 at aol.com writes:
>Dear Esrill, I am one of those shy people that you discribed so well.
>I have
>also done the hide-in-the-tent thing altho not in the last couple of
>years.
>One of the things that I am grateful to the SCA for doing is it seems
>to have
>taken somewhat of an edge off of my shyness. I still have trouble
>approaching
>people occasionally but fortunately folks are more apt to start the
>conversation with me now. This gives me a starting place in the
>conversation
>and a little time to "get into personna" . Please people remember,
>even brass
>can be shy. Not all of us have gotten here by being an in-your- face
>kind of
>person. What you may persieve as " stuck-up" could simply be a shy
>person
>struggling with their instinct to "run away". A little understanding
>goes a
>long way. My dear Estrill, I would like you to know that the writing
>of this
>has my stomach in knots also . Thank you for having the "guts" to
>write your
>letter and allowing me the excuse to join in. Take care, friend.
>
> Happy
>Yule,
> Anna
>Mitrofanova
> {the
>Baroness
>Bonwicke }
>
Never wake a sleeping Lionness <G>
marcus
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