Ive been reading posts from friends who seem hurt and offended by things they read, hear or see on media. It bothers me that they feel pain or are offended - only because I care about them, whether weve met in real time or are friends on social media. I choose carefully those who I am friends with. I choose those who exude positive thoughts and emotions, who are empathetic towards other people and all life forms. That being said I need to say this also: there are people in this world who are miserable. Some of them ooze their misery into public because there is no place else for them to ooze on to. Some of those miserable people are (sorry to say) celebrities of media; talk radio, television, blogosphere. Some of them are PAID to ooze their particular brand of self loathing in public. Why do you allow yourself to be touched by that kind of abusive self loathing? You arent missing anything when you simply tune out the negativity. Unless you are a professional psychologist, or psychiatrist, who is asked to analyze the hate, there is nothing you can say or do that changes what someone who abuses social media with toxic crap say or writes. The type of misery those people feel is not yours; furthermore it does not diminish the good, shiny things in your life. It does not diminish gifts that have been given and accepted and appreciated. Sometimes we need to pay attention to some things; even if they are crappy. I feel that way about politics and, religion. However, when I feel that the crappy stuff is affecting my mood, my life, my little sphere of joy, I turn them off. I shut them out. I remind myself of how good life is and then I go watch the hummingbirds or smell the flowers, walk on the beach, talk to people who give back joy. We are all different and individual and some of us need to feel the prick of pain now and then. But dont leave that door open too long - it diminishes your being. Rant over.
Posted on: Wed, 13 Aug 2014 18:53:59 +0000
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