Please pardon that my usual type of content is being replaced today with something of an editorial rant. I apologize in advance and appreciate your indulgence.
Writing this blog every day now for eight months has been a highly rewarding experience. The commitment has brought discipline that was not present before. Releasing to the world some of my deepest thoughts and feelings has quieted my mind and stilled my soul. There have been great personal rewards, but not all I have received has been positive.
Words typed on a screen are uniquely emoted by each reader; some vary only slightly from what is intended while others can find meaning that was never written. The latter has been the only negative from my writing so openly. I try to remember when a person interpolates content I did not write the occurrence is all about them and has nothing to do with me. However, I am an emotion based human being and being chided for something I never said is not fun.
The wisdom I lean on is the knowing that what matters is what I intended and not the interpretation of another person. If someone chooses to find a way to be offended, hurt or bothered by something I have written that is not of my doing. Nothing I have ever written on this blog was a slight or slam on anyone but myself, my parents, my stepfather and a few others who greatly mistreated or hurt me. If someone else misunderstands, misinterprets, misreads, mistakes, misjudges, misconstrues, misapprehends, gets the wrong idea, misses the point or finds a snub or affront in this blog it is a creation of their own mind and has absolutely nothing to do with me. And if that happens, I humbly request that you keep your personal fabrications to yourself!
Today I am grateful for your indulgence that allows me to “clear the air” and “get something off my chest”. Thank you for your understanding.
I’m older. I’m more confident in who I am, what I want and what makes me happy. I’m still not immune to snarky comments or cutting remarks but it’s much easier to not let them bother me too much. Because worrying about those things and putting energy into them is a waste of my valuable time.
From the blog The Minimalist MomI have been misunderstood perhaps more than anyone else ever, but it has not affected me, for the simple reason that there is no desire to be understood. It is their problem if they don’t understand, it is not my problem. If they misunderstand, it is their problem and their misery. Bhagwan Shree Rajneesh
Why should we worry about what others think of us, do we have more confidence in their opinions than we do our own?
Brigham Young
Good Morning Gratitude 
It is your blog, your life, your experiences. Why would anyone comment in a negative way unless you called them out on something?
I don’t get it.
I had another blog where someone I knew, who is evil by the way, would send the most hateful, evil comments. I blocked her but not without tracking the comments back to her IP address.
It’s ridiculous.
Tell them to kiss your arse.
something else you have learned about me….don’t attack my friends of my family because it pisses me off….and I will defend you/them to the death.
Do you want me to go open up a can of whup ass on someone? I’ll do it….verbally of course….I can be pretty damned unkind to those types of people.
James, I think you have a wonderful approach to life and I enjoy the deep level of your sharing. Because I appreciate your posts, I have nominated for you for a Liebster Blog Award. I don’t know if you are familiar, I was not when I was nominated, but you can find out more about what this means from my December 9 post. You will find my comments on why I recommend your blog to my readers, and with that, you have the opportunity to pass along the award when you can. I hope you will find this an encouragement to keep up that daily ritual. I admire your dedication. Debra
Only tonight did I did get a chance to catch up on a few comments and am blown away by what you write. With excitment I will check out your 12/9 post, but please know, just your kind words are a great reward within them self. It helps me to share what I do each day and I am grateful for any good it may do for others. Thank you Debra, for your support and encouragement. I prommised myself I would write every day for 1-2 hours for one year. There’s still about 125 days to go…