This is a year of many things but it will not be a year of holding my tongue. Or in most cases, my words.
Perhaps it should excite me rather than rile me that my words cause such a stir. I have never been one to ruffle feathers - in fact, I'm the person who glues the feathers together so they don't so much even flutter. Maybe it's my age. Maybe my hormones. Maybe the luxury of having more time to think, sit and write.
Or maybe it's me just giving the world the finger, thinking, "You know, I CAN have opinions."
I can't blog about my past - even if it's, GOD FORBID, the truth - for fear of knocking certain people off their pedestal? I can't express my rights as a consumer if I have an opinion about your lacklustre service? I can't tweet about food/religion/sex/monkeys unless it jives with your opinion?
How is it that I have found myself in a position where the demons of my teenage years are back to haunt, taunt and guilt me? And an internal e-mail, which miraculously found its way to the wrong hands, has led to a possible lawsuit on grounds of defamation? (by the way, I stand my ground that you are a completely arrogant and lousy vet - yeah, great, you gonna sue me now for 'implying' I'm talking about you?)
But as I said, perhaps I should see this as a compliment. After all, who would Salman Rushdie be without the Satanic Verses? Or DH Lawrence without Lady Chatterley's Lover? Or even JK Rowling without the Harry Potter series (for crying out loud...witchcraft? sorcery? anti-Christian? really?). Controversy isn't always a bad thing. It makes people think, ponder and sometimes, even face demons they never knew they had.
So I guess I'll continue to write whatever churns my butter. You don't have to agree with my thoughts and opinions. And if you hate it, I'm flattered that you even took the time to read it. That's five minutes of your life you'll never get back, so technically.... I win.
Haters. You gotta love 'em.
2 comments:
Bravo Mel! Stand up for yourself. Express yourself. It's people who have problem with themselves that take offence with what others have said/written. There's no absolute truth, everything is relative. We just have to agree to disagree.
Hi Mel, interesting post. Every now and then I find something to express or a new way to do it, and am met with resistence - often from myself. When I finally allow for it, there is either relief or revelation or both... and if not, if it still doesn't feel right, then I re-align and do it again differently. Hence the ongoing reconstruction of my blog. The rays of light are coming together though, at the end of the tunnel... perhaps there will be something up by the end of the year. :\ Hope you are well.
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