I'm just going to say something about those toxic posts, you know those ones on social media about cutting your ties with negative/toxic people? I know that those are supposed to be positive, maybe even empowering posts. I'm not trying to shame any of the people who share those, but I would like to point out something about them-maybe, just maybe those posts are toxic. It would be nice if we lived in a neat little world where we could just surgically snip out of our lives anything that is negative or that we find hard to deal with. That however is not reality! There is this little thing called obligation. The definition of obligation is an act or course of action to which a person is morally or legally bound; a duty or commitment. Part of the trouble in our society today is that people don't want to be bothered by obligation, it can be such an unpleasant thing that forces us to put another person before ourselves. Reality is that there are many people who have neg
They say writing is good for your sanity. So. . .here's to sanity! Just putting down some of the thoughts that ramble around in my head. * Some disclaimers: If you are easily offended you might want to move along and I am most definitely NOT a feminist, so some may find my "old fashioned" thinking unappealing.