I am so raw right now
My emotions are on such high alert
The current flux in my life
And all that brings with it has me in a bit of a tailspin
Sometimes about to cry
Sometimes laughing hysterically
Some call if bi-polar*
But I call it living
Life comes at you in waves
Sometimes they are easy and you are floating in peace
Other times choppy and you are struggling to maintain your footing
Sometimes life is the bipolar one
And we are just struggling to get by
Or riding that high
So what?
Just so fucking what?
Label it and give it a bad rating and make people feel like shit
For just being who they are
Yea that makes so much fucking sense
Just let people be
Why is that so God damn hard for everyone
Schools, churches, governments, family, friends, lovers
Let me
Let everyone
Just be!!!
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*i am not a danger to myself or others. Let’s not kid ourselves. I know exactly what it is to be of sound body and mind.
I’d just like a little breathing room from the peanut gallery please.
I am compelled to write. It helps me digest and interpret my ruminations. Here I present them in complete truth.
Tuesday, February 27, 2018
Monday, February 26, 2018
Staying out of trouble
I am lazy
Soooo lazy
And I don’t like having to rummage through my brain
When asked about situations to see what option I chose
And I just prefer to stick with one thing
It’s just easier to stick with one default
One I am comfortable with
And suits my general mood
And that default is kindness
For starters it’s more pleasant
For all parties concerned
Including myself
And I can almost always be assured my reasoning
When questioned will uphold itself well
Because it wasn’t based on ego or selfishness
Now this doesn’t mean I didn’t gain from the situation
Or come out ahead
It usually does but not always
All it really does
Is provide me with constant ease
Ease to know how to behave
Ease to know what to do
Ease to know I did the best I was capable of
Am I kind 100% of the time with everyone.
Absolutely not
But the vast majority of the time with the vast majority of people
And if I am not I can always tell you exactly why I wasn’t
But again... it’s so rare that’s its negligible
Because I default to kindness
(Or indifference at worst
Which isn’t exactly great or what I’m aiming for
But is a good neutral stopping point I suppose
Especially if due to whatever factors I just can’t seem to hit the mark)
So yea. Kindness keeps me out of trouble
Requires no mental gymnastics to try to navigate around
And is a simpler and easier way to live
Why wouldn’t everyone lead with that?
I don’t always understand that point
I guess in this “me first” society we’ve created here
The thought of kindness is equated to weakness
And gullibility
But it actually takes great strength sometimes to be kind
Especially to those that appear the least deserving.
That’s when it has at times been the greatest reward of all
Knowing I overcame great odds to do the right thing
Regardless of how I was treated
Makes me proud, gives me peace and keeps me for the most part pretty happy
And those are priceless commodities
Well worth any sacrifices I have to make
Any internal struggles I have to fight
To achieve it
And it just keeps me out of trouble.
Win/Win
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