My truth...mostly because, well, it's an honest assessment. Additionally, I believe I said I'd be doing blogs weekly. However, since I have the attention span of a gnat, that doesn't seem to be the case. ;)
Blech...emotions. They can be a real cluster-fuck. I know. I'm an expert on the overproduction of emotions whilst trying to deal with that fun little thing called logic that is ever in the foreground. I feel to the nth degree.
To quote a famous actress, "I don't come with baggage. I come with trunks."
I have always been truly in awe of those people that seemingly always hold it together. My best friend is the most amazing example of diplomacy and keepin'-her-shit-together-ness I've ever encountered. I, on the other hand, like a oil to water, have the exact opposite reaction.
I bitch. I assume. I'm stubborn as hell. It takes me hours at times to come to realize that that logical voice in my head telling me to shut up the whole time was, in fact, correct...the whole time.
Does this mean I shouldn't share how I feel about certain things? No.
It means I'm a constant work in progress. It means, I'm trying to change this part of myself that I dislike.
So far, this is what I've learned:
1) There are no absolutes.
2) Everyone's reality is different and just because I see the sky as blue, doesn't mean it's not some other color to someone else.
3) There's no need for insults. They solve nothing and cause pain, which isn't love.
4) There's no need to bring up the past. That's just you getting to the point where you are in fact so wrong, that you have to actually throw the past in someone's face to "prove a point"...which typically doesn't prove your point.
5) Is what you're saying really necessary?
6) How would you respond if the show were on the other foot?
7) Is your perception true or is this an assumption?
8) Are you looking for there to be an issue, or is there one? That's one of my favorites, as well as my least favorite since it seems to be the most true.
9) Is the amount of emotion I'm giving this "issue" that necessary? In other words, does the punishment fit the crime?
These are the questions I've started asking myself. Do I always do well?
Lol, nope.
But, I'm slowly getting better and know I'll become a normal human one day. ;)
Here's a funny picture.
