being human
My friend Jaclyn wrote this and posted it yesterday. Yeah, it has some typos, but I'm not going to edit it. I'm really proud of her for posting it in the first place. Back when I met her, she was shy and quiet and ashamed of showing her feelings, and I'm really proud of how far she's come, so I wanted to repost it here.
It is my beliefe that when people need help emotionally they need to speak up and we as a society need to make that ok. We all have troubles and that is nothing to be ashamed about. No one is really all alone in the world but not everyone knows that. People will be there to help you if you just speak up. The problem is that many people are ashamed to speak up, we have all been taught to "leave your bad day at the door", or to "leave the baggage at home". Well it shouldnt be that way, your bad days, your baggage is there for a reason, to let others know that thing are not ok. To let you know that things are not ok. If you are sad, be sad, if you are mad, be mad. Dont get me wrong dont take your anger out on others, just dont shove it deep inside and hide it completely. When ever a tradgy happens you always hear after the fact that the person had a lot of issues that no one knew about. Why didnt we know about the issues, until it was too late, most likely it is becasue they were to ashamed to let others know, because of phases like "leave your bad day at home," and "It's not professional". Well I rather be witness to someones unproffessional behavior if it helps them get the help or relase they need to keep them from opening fire on a class room or taking thier own life, but then again that is just me. This blog is dedicated to the victums at Northan Illinoise University and the untimly deaths that have occured the Mannheim area in the past couple of years. We have to stop making people feel ashamed of being human.
You can discuss if you want...or ignore. It's just I've had a lot of tragedy happen lately, and my friends seem to be having similar experiences, and this made me think of them, and behind the typos I think she's saying some pretty profound things about how our society tells us to hide our emotions and how that can have some horrific results.
I'd like to reassert my irritation that there's no sidewalk between K-Mart and WalMart. I don't want to dig through a snowbank and I have no food in the house. I'm upset and craving chocolate soymilk and pissed off. Fuck you, big Rapids.
It is my beliefe that when people need help emotionally they need to speak up and we as a society need to make that ok. We all have troubles and that is nothing to be ashamed about. No one is really all alone in the world but not everyone knows that. People will be there to help you if you just speak up. The problem is that many people are ashamed to speak up, we have all been taught to "leave your bad day at the door", or to "leave the baggage at home". Well it shouldnt be that way, your bad days, your baggage is there for a reason, to let others know that thing are not ok. To let you know that things are not ok. If you are sad, be sad, if you are mad, be mad. Dont get me wrong dont take your anger out on others, just dont shove it deep inside and hide it completely. When ever a tradgy happens you always hear after the fact that the person had a lot of issues that no one knew about. Why didnt we know about the issues, until it was too late, most likely it is becasue they were to ashamed to let others know, because of phases like "leave your bad day at home," and "It's not professional". Well I rather be witness to someones unproffessional behavior if it helps them get the help or relase they need to keep them from opening fire on a class room or taking thier own life, but then again that is just me. This blog is dedicated to the victums at Northan Illinoise University and the untimly deaths that have occured the Mannheim area in the past couple of years. We have to stop making people feel ashamed of being human.
You can discuss if you want...or ignore. It's just I've had a lot of tragedy happen lately, and my friends seem to be having similar experiences, and this made me think of them, and behind the typos I think she's saying some pretty profound things about how our society tells us to hide our emotions and how that can have some horrific results.
I'd like to reassert my irritation that there's no sidewalk between K-Mart and WalMart. I don't want to dig through a snowbank and I have no food in the house. I'm upset and craving chocolate soymilk and pissed off. Fuck you, big Rapids.