tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4325865623924936197.post4094616019713917227..comments2023-03-21T07:24:49.169-04:00Comments on Just Some Stuff About Life As I See It: True Storyjsshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02841951364803029201noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4325865623924936197.post-76889079696448470512009-10-22T19:54:16.173-04:002009-10-22T19:54:16.173-04:00Hey who knows, if critical and bitchy is our natur...Hey who knows, if critical and bitchy is our natural way of release than maybe that's healthier for us than forced and manufactured positivity. It's when the criticism and bitchiness run over into consuming that one must realize a bit of a problem and attempt to do something about it.jsshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02841951364803029201noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4325865623924936197.post-33827984499957885132009-10-19T03:44:18.742-04:002009-10-19T03:44:18.742-04:00I hear ya. Trying to be positive can be exhausting...I hear ya. Trying to be positive can be exhausting. It requires much effort on my part too. I tend toward criticism and bitchiness to release my pent up stuff. Not healthy, but so true.Michellehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12693795343641111526noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4325865623924936197.post-26007104967421702592009-10-18T18:42:58.680-04:002009-10-18T18:42:58.680-04:00Ok, give me a minute whilst I hoist myself up onto...Ok, give me a minute whilst I hoist myself up onto that soapbox with you. Now then…<br /><br />This?<br /><br />“that whole 'look at a world wrapped in well worded prayers and platitudes”<br />Is denial in its truest sense and I am completely with you. It is garbage that is fed to us by people who go through life with blinders on. The sad thing is that so many of us think it’s right and the way it ‘should be’ . Garbage I tell ya, garbage. Which is not to say that positive thinking doesn’t have its rightful time and place. I have also been lost in the abyss that is being a slave to my negativity not having a) the slightest idea that I was negative and b) not realizing that I do have the power to change it. The key is finding the way that is appropriate for me to change it, the operative words being ‘for’ and ‘me’.<br /><br />And this?<br /><br />“the fluffy and eternally grateful approach, you are making a choice to live in hell”<br />Is even garbagier garbage. I just made up a new word. Throw it away and forget you ever heard it. It is nothing but an overly simplistic version of a complete and total fairytale that turns spirituality into some sort of test of good behavior and forcing oneself to intellectually apprehend to some rigid theological dogma.<br /><br />This is given to us by people who cannot see the forest for the trees simply because they refuse to look beyond the trees. People who are afraid the step out of the box that is their religious status quo. People who require that they feel a measure of control over a situation of which, if we are all honest, seems sometimes very out of our control. People who need to think that they have ‘the’ answer. I used to fret over this idealogy, wonder if it was true, trying to reconcile that it might be true vs. how utterly uncomfortable it made me. I do not do that any longer. I waste not one moment of my time believing any of this mess.<br /><br />Step on your soapbox anytime when you come to visit. Dialog is what it’s all about.jsshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02841951364803029201noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4325865623924936197.post-28868814926835929372009-10-18T16:41:09.243-04:002009-10-18T16:41:09.243-04:00jss
Sometimes I read your posts and think that we ...jss<br />Sometimes I read your posts and think that we would get on pretty well if we knew each other in real life.<br />I get the bitter, cynicism and cutting wit... I like it. I walk a fine line between counsellor and satirist in many of my relationships. It seems to work ok...<br />What doesn't work (as you have also found) is the whole faking it thing.<br />It's easy to be nice and to smile and engage people, even as a dry cynic. What is is NOT easy to do is to reinvent yourself in a way that means you are no longer true to yourself.<br />That whole positive thing. <br />I need to write a post on this myself. It's something I have been skirtng around for ages, unable to articulate some of the incredible fear that lies around it... But, that whole 'look at a world wrapped in well worded prayers and platitudes' thing really gets me mad.<br />I hate it.<br />What I hate even more, is the expectation that if you are NOT doing that, and if you are the slightest bit doubtful about the fluffy and eternally grateful approach, you are making a choice to live in hell.<br />I'm ranting. Caught in my own thoughts rather than yours... Apologies.<br />I just wanted to say though, thanks for the reality speak. It's refreshing.Wondering Soulhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09784587066558342905noreply@blogger.com