Thoughtful (Now With Lots of Metaphors!)
My ship is headed for choppy waters--if I so choose.
I can continue on with what I've been doing, and risk alienating friends. I can steer by the troubled stars that guide me, and be passionate about what I believe in.
Thing is, such passion may cost me relationships that are dear to me. For all my bluster, I'm terrible at confrontation. I hate the thought of pissing off people I care about. But being a feminist, being pro-choice, being a lot of things, is going to dump me right into that current from time to time.
Tonight I thought for a bit about stopping all political mention on any of my blogs. I've been asked before to stop, or at least back off a bit. Beating the drum over and over again makes people uncomfortable. It tires them; it's irritating. I do understand that.
I'm not very good at arguing, or stating a case, or whipping out awesome facts. I know I will never change anyone's mind, either by what I say or by quoting what other people have said. I like to think that at least some people have read what I put up, and it's given them something to consider. That a new or different element was introduced into the kaleidescope of their perception.
Is this self-aggrandizement? Perhaps I should be quiet, and let someone else yell. Someone younger, more cleverer than I am, who isn't worried about holding her own in a disagreement.
Or maybe I should just try a different tack, and not post so much about what's going on in the arena of women's reproductive legislation.
I really value my friends.
This is making me think some hard thoughts.
I can continue on with what I've been doing, and risk alienating friends. I can steer by the troubled stars that guide me, and be passionate about what I believe in.
Thing is, such passion may cost me relationships that are dear to me. For all my bluster, I'm terrible at confrontation. I hate the thought of pissing off people I care about. But being a feminist, being pro-choice, being a lot of things, is going to dump me right into that current from time to time.
Tonight I thought for a bit about stopping all political mention on any of my blogs. I've been asked before to stop, or at least back off a bit. Beating the drum over and over again makes people uncomfortable. It tires them; it's irritating. I do understand that.
I'm not very good at arguing, or stating a case, or whipping out awesome facts. I know I will never change anyone's mind, either by what I say or by quoting what other people have said. I like to think that at least some people have read what I put up, and it's given them something to consider. That a new or different element was introduced into the kaleidescope of their perception.
Is this self-aggrandizement? Perhaps I should be quiet, and let someone else yell. Someone younger, more cleverer than I am, who isn't worried about holding her own in a disagreement.
Or maybe I should just try a different tack, and not post so much about what's going on in the arena of women's reproductive legislation.
I really value my friends.
This is making me think some hard thoughts.