You readers out there and those of you who are on my FB list (or WERE, so much for that family reunion I've been wanting to surprise my Dad with... and I completely felt like I'd been punched in the gut just in case anyone was wondering...) might be happy to know that I'm picking up my Cymbalta dosage a bit ... I figure that might be cheaper than having to call a bail bondsman to get me out of jail because I've manhandled some woman at the market for using to many coupons ...
I HAVE been cranky the last few weeks... and I've wanted to write ... OOOooh how I've wanted to write, but if you've been keeping an eye on ye' ole Facebook then you know that my "filter" has been about as useful as a slice of swiss cheese against a raging flood, so I thought I'd try to spare you what probably would've been a few phenomenally quantumlicious rants that would have upset the apples carts of a great big ole bunch of people... and given me great peace of mind.
I don't like to upset the apple carts of people... It's never my intention.
But I do have thoughts and I do feel inclined to share them...
I saw a comment on one of the posts I made in the last couple of weeks that said something to the effect of, "You're not gonna change anyone's mind" ...
Basically, this person implied that everyone on earth has already formed an opinion about everything on earth and they can in no way engage in the critical thought process and develop a different perspective on a particular topic...
Obviously I think that's absolutely silly to say the least. SOME people like to learn and grow and think ... I thank God and the Universe and the way it's unfolded that I'm one of them.
I can remember an era during which I said... and SHAMEFULLY I quote myself,
"The day gays can get married in this country
is the day I'll move to another country."
Yes ... holy fried ravioli, Batman.. can you people believe I said that?
I'm so unbelievably ashamed and embarrassed that I once felt that way about part of the human species.
At the time I was in a 100% heterosexual marriage that was falling apart partly because he couldn't keep his "tally-whacker" to himself when he was away from home and partly because I couldn't stop spending money to try and cover up my denial ..
I look back on that era now and see my thoughts in a different light and I can very easily mimic myself ... "Oh, sure ... here ... let me tell you who should love because I quite clearly made an impeccable choice for myself...", it's literally comical to me now.
I saw the following graphic in my news feed last week and was overwhelmed with the sense it made to me... I laughed out loud, let out an "A'men.." and went about my work...
The point of the story is, gang ... at one time I was a pretty doggone staunch Conservative just like some of the people who now get bent out of shape and blast me for my opinions on Facebook... but there came a time at which I really started to think about things in a different way.
We'll talk about how I specifically came to change my views on the Gay Community another day, but in short anyone who knows me personally knows that I give a LOT of credit to one particular woman with my being alive today to torment you with my free-wheelin', can't-we-all-just-get-along-message o' peace... and that woman happens to be gay.
Now just in case you're wondering in the recesses of your noggin, we've never been lovers - though I love her dearly. She has been and continues to be one of the truest friends I have had in this Universe and I absolutely shudder to think that I might not have her in my life if I'd chosen to be an uptight, self righteous, stuffy pants and choose friends based on who they love and share their life with.
If I can say something such as this -->
""my personal opinion is that a couple who's in love should be able to marry one another and live happily after, regardless of where the parts go and they should also have a right to have a gun in their home and blow someone to smithereens should they breech the door with ill intent...""
then maybe terms like "Democrat" and "Republican" are becoming antiquated, because those are two different ends of the political spectrum... "in traditional terms anyway" ...
((hahaha, there's an overused phrase for ya!))
The media doesn't like to remind us that we have more than one choice in the matter... but we do. Not only do we have multiple choices, but I spent a long time reading on a site last night that I found very helpful in sorting out what I think about things. You can find it HERE.
I encourage you to go over and do some research for yourself... I wouldn't at all be foolish enough to recommend that I know for whom you should vote because we're all totally different people, with totally different views and totally different belief systems.
We all must make our own selection based on our gut feeling and sensibilities ...
Have a Grand and Groovy Day...
Be Kind to One Another...
and Don't Text and Drive...
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