The Axiom of Freedoms

Upon the eve of my a few of my posts, I've wondered if my opinion stated has been overzealous and if voicing how I feel about issues that I'm passionate about is wrong.

My dilemma is that I am sensitive to criticism, because I'm sensitive in general. However, in order for me to carry on with my quest, I remind myself to look at all the ones who state their differing opinions, and I can rest assured they have always come from those who are more often guided by the same force I am when I'm not following the path of my true spirit, the force of my ego.

I know from my own experience both sides of every coin I choose to debate. During my posting rants, I never hesitate to make it clear that I sometimes still continue to have those thoughts that take me off the path of what I know is right. Yet, my argument is one of life being about choosing to be who you are...not allowing feelings, which can be so easily manipulated by people, media, hormones, chemical imbalances, past experiences, etc... to guide you into making moral choices. One of my favorite quotes..."Life isn't about finding yourself, it's about creating yourself". I can be pretty confidant in saying whoever wrote that wouldn't be having a problem with my posts.

A vision comes to me of someone who's been doing something they knew in their heart was wrong (even if it's so damn deep they don't connect with it mentally), yet they defend their actions simply with the idea that they have the right to make their own choices and not be judged.

IMO, describing an opposing opinion as 'judging' is just one of those words that makes freedom of speech sound unfashionable. It's not written anywhere in the Declaration of Independence that because you have freedom to make choices that you automatically also have freedom from correction. The problem of this misunderstanding of 'freedoms' happened where the first axiom (a healthy recognition that other people have different opinions) turned into the second and subsequent belief; that everyone's opinion is equally valid, and that contradicting someone in error is impolite, arrogant or somehow infringing on their freedoms.

As a writer, it is my responsibility to myself and ones who find interest in my posts to be as honest and forthcoming as I feel fit, or my blog simply becomes a stroking of everyone else's egos...the very egos that I feel are taking too much precedence.

Let me end by stating that the reason I say what I do about the choices being made out there in this world of beauty and turmoil, is BECAUSE I love everyone I write about. If I didn't love them, I wouldn't give a shit what they did. I've had many times where my closest friends and family had to slap some sense in to me, and sometimes it took weeks or even as much as years to realize how thankful I was for their criticism, and now I'm so blessed they cared enough to risk their role in my life to straighten me out. I love you...my best friend of 25 years, Angie.

xoxo