Day 2 - Something someone told me about myself I never forgot

I was a Senior in High school and at a brand new place. I had boyfriends, friends and generally a very happy existence for a 17 year old. But I was quiet, I had not realized how quiet I had become, because I have never really been quiet or shy. (HAHA).  It was the first time I was deep in thought and introspective about who I was.   My  teachers noticed me more than I thought they did. My German teacher, Mrs. Flettner and I often spoke. She had been my sister's German teacher too and knew her.  I was a hard worker,  and nominally intelligent, When the first progress came around and my parents met my teachers they said they simply raved about me. Which surprised me. And Mrs. Flettner, after praising my good grades had written something about me on my grade report I will never forget:

      "STILLE WASSER SIND  TIEF"

I had not been studying German long enough to understand the phrase, but I remember immediately after looking it up the transformative effect it had on me becasue it means:


STILL WATERS RUN DEEP.

It perfectly encapsulated what I was going through at that moment in my life. And those four German words told me someone understood that. Sometimes quiet is not fearful, or snobbish or hostile. But it is simply Stillness.

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proverba quiet or

placid manner may conceal a more passionate nature.