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There are six types of people in your life. Whether close to your heart or out of your thoughts, these people exist in these simple forms.

Some people are natural disasters. They don't come around very often but when they do their visit full of energy and leaves you recuperating days after they have gone. Luckily you generally know when they are coming around and can prepare the best you can.

Other people are like electricity. Always there for you, help you in a variety of ways, and you don't really realize how important they are to you until you are without them for an extended period of time. Often these people can will disappear when a natural disaster comes around and you get too busy or chaotic for them. They always come back though, loyal to a fault.

You may also have people that are poison ivy in your life. These people are best when completely ignored. You can generally get through most of your life not even thinking about them. However, once they come into contact and get under your skin they make you incredibly uncomfortable and irritate the living hell out of you. Luckily, given time and patience (Stop scratching the itch), they will disappear again and life will be back to normal. They are merely an annoyance.

Other people in your life are fireworks. Full of flash and noise and terribly exciting. Everyone loves them and they seem to always make you feel like they are here specifically for you. However, if you look closely you realize they lack content. They are just quick bursts or energy or catchy eye and ear catching maneuvers. Before you know it, they have moved on to the next show and you are left feeling a little empty and bored.

A lot of people in your life are like air. Without them you couldn't survive. You know this, but sometimes you do things that harm them. You pollute and end up only hurting yourself in the long run. Sometimes when pissed off enough air can be quite destructive to you as well. Though you may curse it, when it calms down again, you are happy. When things in your life get too hot, nothing is better than a nice breeze. In the end, no matter what you do or what it does to you, air is a vital part of your life.

Lastly, some people in your life are water. Just like you can technically live without water, you can technically live without these people. However, life is not quite as healthy. You can get water from sodas or other drinks or through foods but if you never drink water you will eventually find yourself feeling empty and dehydrated. Nothing tastes better when you are tired than water. While not flashy, water is probably the most powerful force in the world (it did create the Grand Canyon) and is vital to life.


Edit:
Okay, I wrote this on a quick break from studying and have no time to edit it or see if it makes sense. Basically I am trying to say air is like family and close friends while water is someone like your spouse, poison ivy are people who annoy you, fireworks are the "cool" people who you may try to fit in with because they are cool but you fail (these people may be other people's air or water, just not yours), electricity are those friends who are more like acquaintances because you can't be super close with everyone but that like you enough to deal with being a periphery friend, and natural disasters are the high energy friends or family that when you know they are coming around you have to plan out rest days afterward.

I started out trying to make this as a short story type thing instead of a list where the narrator finished by saying ... "but she ... she was the water in my life. She gave me life, was essential to my living. She coursed through the rock that was my heart and created our personal Grand Canyon." Etc. Etc. But couldn't make it work in the short time I had and felt it was a little too over dramatic. Thoughts?