truth? too many quotes, so little time

[lizmarie]

I've been thinking a lot lately about honesty. How honest am I, really? I try to be honest and open with my students, though it's not always possible. Still, when they ask me questions I try to answer as clearly and honestly as I can, and I try to be unbiased if possible. If I don't know something I say so

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[bandicoot]

I think that kind of honesty - that of demanding that your writing be totally representative of yourself - is not obtainable. We're far too multidimensional to reduce us to mere words.

With that in mind, I just figure - screw it! - I'm just who I am at the moment. And yes, I edit. I don't see any point of "sharing" stuff that isn't in some way positive or useful. Why just whine after all. It isn't useful to me to do it and it doesn't help anyone reading it. So when I have the urge to whine, I've learned to be aware of it early and try to deal with it in other ways. I figure that I'd prefer to be more positive, so I try to act that way. And I think doing that makes me more positive over time. I think posting, even well-edited, in LJ helps me grow in directions I like.

I don't as much try to write funny things as I do try to find funny things that are already in me, if you follow me. To become more aware of my own basic silliness. Kind of a self-behavioral modification.

So I figure that people will share what they want of themselves, and I'm pleased to take them as the choose to present themselves. I'm pleased (and surprised?) that I'm seldom disappointed.

[lizmarie]

There is too much to life to try to capture it and write it down. I doubt most of us even come close.

I try not to while, too. If I do feel like I need to complain about something I try to keep it light. Nobody wants to read constant venting. Those are the people I delete from my friends list. I find depression hard to believe. I think that being happy is a choice.