ARRRGHHHH!!!!!! Here's where I'm an asshole.
"The individual has always had to struggle to keep from being overwhelmed by the tribe. If you try it, you will be lonely often, and sometimes frightened. But no price is too high to pay for the privilege of owning yourself."
Don't mind me. I've been reading too many blogs from people who I first find interesting then as I read on I discover they are too fond of using "we are all" or "they are all" with impunity and speaking down on subject matters I know from their comments they know little about except to regurgitate someone else's pronouncements. Before I continue. If I've gushed praise on you, you're not included in this. If I've gushed it's because I've seen traits in you that makes me believe that even if I don't agree with you I trust you've made a serious effort in formulating your opinion even if It's different from mine:). My problem is with the people who follow the trappings of intelligence but do none of the leg work to discover for themselves what it means to be intelligent.
Now on with the ranting. I've paid a high price to be myself. The funny thing about it is no one has said anything to me. None of the people who author these blogs or books or interviews or whatever is included know me. I'm just mad at the reminder that people of similar mentality have made my life a living hell. Sadly it's not even that people have done it with ill intent it was just because in the past I've had to suffer because they've lacked the...capacity...the desire...the ability to find out what they were doing that was causing my suffering. I'm not blameless in the whole mess. I'm pretty passionate and have torn into people with enough ferocity for them to be too scared to do what it takes to set things right. What is most vexing of all is that I have done it to others. I have caused others to suffer for the very same reasons. Yep I'm a big jerk too;)
Well I feel better now and once again don't mind me;) Oh and feel free to correct me on anything I've said.
IMPORTANT ADDENDUM
The most important thing about being who you are and expecting to be accepted for who you are is to return the courtesy to others. I find that people will generally accept your differences if you allow them to be themselves in return:)
Don't mind me. I've been reading too many blogs from people who I first find interesting then as I read on I discover they are too fond of using "we are all" or "they are all" with impunity and speaking down on subject matters I know from their comments they know little about except to regurgitate someone else's pronouncements. Before I continue. If I've gushed praise on you, you're not included in this. If I've gushed it's because I've seen traits in you that makes me believe that even if I don't agree with you I trust you've made a serious effort in formulating your opinion even if It's different from mine:). My problem is with the people who follow the trappings of intelligence but do none of the leg work to discover for themselves what it means to be intelligent.
Now on with the ranting. I've paid a high price to be myself. The funny thing about it is no one has said anything to me. None of the people who author these blogs or books or interviews or whatever is included know me. I'm just mad at the reminder that people of similar mentality have made my life a living hell. Sadly it's not even that people have done it with ill intent it was just because in the past I've had to suffer because they've lacked the...capacity...the desire...the ability to find out what they were doing that was causing my suffering. I'm not blameless in the whole mess. I'm pretty passionate and have torn into people with enough ferocity for them to be too scared to do what it takes to set things right. What is most vexing of all is that I have done it to others. I have caused others to suffer for the very same reasons. Yep I'm a big jerk too;)
Well I feel better now and once again don't mind me;) Oh and feel free to correct me on anything I've said.
IMPORTANT ADDENDUM
The most important thing about being who you are and expecting to be accepted for who you are is to return the courtesy to others. I find that people will generally accept your differences if you allow them to be themselves in return:)
posted by Urban Shaman at 4:20 PM
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