Tuesday, November 8, 2011

Being me.

For those of you who don't know me very well, I'm a very emotional person. It doesn't take much at all to make me cry. There are many times when I wish I didn't have this trait, but would I replace my feeling with non-feeling? No, I wouldn't. It's part of who I am and I wouldn't trade it for the world. I've noticed over the years that being extremely emotional has its pros and cons. When you feel a lot, you are more likely to get hurt (as I’ve unfortunately learned time and time again). Others will say something mean about you and it will take a long time to heal the wound from it. On the other hand, being an extremely feeling person means that you love and care deeply.

You might say you’ve never seen me get overly emotional. As I’ve gotten older, I’ve tried to hide it for fear that others will see that in me and try to hurt me. But it’s still there, and it doesn’t take much for someone to find it.

If you look at the internet (especially Facebook), there is a LOT of badmouthing and backstabbing that goes on. Before you choose to write something rude or mean about someone else, why don’t you just take a minute to think about how that might totally effect their day. You never know if they might be having a rough day as it is and that one thing you said was the stone that caused an avalanche of emotions. I have been hurt many, many times by an insensitive remark made about me on what is supposed to be a “social networking site”. I’m not saying you don’t have the right to say what you want, because you DO. We all do. However, I think the world would be a nicer place if people would just think for a minute before saying something that could hurt someone else. Being human, I don’t always abide by this, but I strive to because I know it will make me a better person. Why live your life hurting others? Our time on this earth is too short to waste doing that…

“When dealing with people, remember you are not dealing with creatures of logic, but creatures of emotion.” ~Dale Carnegie