Hello world! I have been missing from the blogging world for most if not all of 2013. That wasn't my intention....it just happened. But it's high on my list to get back into blogging....even if I'm the only one reading my ramblings, grin.
On my mind today....posting personal things on a place like your Facebook.
Most people who know me know that I'm extremely open....pretty shy in person, but yet open and honest and blunt online. It's a place I feel like I can just be myself. I've said this a million times but one reason that I'm so so vocal about my feelings, things I've gone through/are going through, etc, is because by doing that it is the only way that I can show others that there is someone else out there that understands what they might be going through, someone that's just an ordinary person that they can talk to/share with. I don't see anything wrong with it. If anyone doesn't want to read the things I write...they can ignore it, they can hide my site, they can unfriend me, etc. It won't upset me. These things are both my right and theirs.
Yesterday I was 'playing' on Facebook and read someone's status. It was all about people posting personal things. While they did say it was everyone's right, it was clear and stated that they disagreed and felt that people who did this was wrong. It really made me think a lot. WHY? Why is it wrong for people to post their open, honest feelings and share the real truths of their life? Who is it that decides that those that do that is 'wrong' and that people shouldn't? Why is it ok for people to constantly make comments about people who share openly? Why can't people just ignore what they don't like, don't agree with, don't want to read? And why is it that people who simply share so honestly about life are blamed for being negative....instead of just realistic about what's going on around them?
Is it because that sort of open honesty makes them feel uncomfortable? Do they wish that they could be as free with their words? Or is it something else? What makes people feel like they have to post things against people instead of just letting them be themselves, live their life.
Yesterday I was reminded again of why I'm so open. By my sharing my life with people, it allowed something to open up about some things to me. Had I not done that first they probably would have never realized that I not only understand but that I am someone they can talk to. THAT is why I do it.
I am me....it's all I will ever be. And you know what? I'm ok with that. I don't understand why people have to look down to those that are like I am (and I know it's rare to be so open)....but I will continue to share, continue to ask for prayer and continue to be there for those that now know someone else understands. I believe this is my calling. I hope you like me. Honestly I hope lots read what I write. But if you don't want to....it's ok!
From Emma's Heart......5/31/13
