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My Life Thus Far
2015-11-24 04:53:21 (UTC)

Let Them Go. Let Them Leave

I made the mistake of spending a little time on Facebook this morning. Perhaps trying to rekindle whatever it was about it I used to like so much. Instead of finding any kind of pleasure, I came to the realization that (what I would have considered to be) a good friend of mine unfriended me while I was away.

I'm almost positive it had to do with one of the last posts I made before taking my break. Basically I said I didn't care what other people thought of me or my view of the recent terrorist activities. I wasn't going to shut up just because others don't agree. If anyone didn't like that they could unfriend me. So she did. Okay. I did leave her a message letting her know that the post wasn't an underhanded jab at her personally. And I wished her well. I wash my hands of it now.

At first I felt bad, but I had a long conversation with Corey about it, and he helped put the whole thing into perspective. The confidence I have in my convictions sometimes makes others feel poorly about their choices. Or defensive. Or that I think I'm better than them. That isn't the case, and their feelings (if that truly is how they feel) aren't my problem, but it's often taken out on me. I appreciate his outside perspective. Even if we don't always agree, he tells it like it is. And I can count on him to have an opinion.

Snookums "fuck them" mentality isn't helpful when that isn't how I feel about losing important people in my life. But he does have a point. If I can't be passionate about what's important to me. If I can't speak my mind freely. If I can't have an unpopular opinion, but still be loved, do I really need them around? Let them go. Let them leave. I shouldn't have to surround myself with like-thinkers. We should all be tolerant of others. Even if we think they're dead ass wrong.

We drove all the way to Gig Harbor to procure a new modem, and it's still not working. We can't get the account hooked up. Snookums worked at 5am, and doesn't feel like being on hold with CenturyLink right now. I can't blame him. I hate talking to people, so I'm not doing it. I'm getting good at tapping out entries on my smartphone!




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