~a challange~ (appreciating awkwardness)

I have always been one to obsessively avoid awkward moments and situations. I will be sure to know exactly where to go and what to do whenever I embark on a new experience (things like riding a train by myself for the first time- which I haven't actually done yet). I also sometimes feel the need to say pointless things merely to avoid that awkward silence around people who you don't know well enough to sit in silence with yet.

However. I have decided to challenge myself on this point. 
I have decided to consciously appreciate awkwardness.
Awkwardness is beautiful in its own way. It is so, undeniably human.
Everyone in the world experiences awkwardness.. it is a fact of life, and like any undeniable fact of life it deserves some notice and appreciation.  

Since my decision to appreciate awkwardness I have had a handful of lovely or important conversations which began with (or were brought about by) an awkward silence or introduction.

So awkwardness, as much as we hate it, can actually bring about good things, and even when it doesn't, it deserves to be appreciated because it is so undeniably human.