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Wednesday, February 12, 2014
Since I won't be able to publish this tomorrow I am putting it out now! I hope no one minds!
This is a subject that has been weighing on my brain all day today and I find the best way to get through this is to just let it go.
I was playing with paint lol! So for those ( like me) that cannot read that little font here is a larger version of the same thing.
The Box by Leanne Herrera
I get so angry when people decide who I am by what category I fit into.
Am I gay, straight, bisexual?
White, Black, Other?
Republican, Democrat, Liberal?
Pro-choice, Pro-life, indifferent?
Then I realized I am just as guilty of assuming
as the ones that anger me.
I put people in that box that I am trying to climb out of.
I put things in there too.
I judge people if they are different than me
I don't mean to
It is like the old saying, "don't judge a book by it's cover."
I don't
Well not completely
but even if I read the synopsis, reviews, and excerpts
that cover will taint my viewpoint
I think people judge each other the same way.
It is how we decide if we want to give them a chance
How unfair is that?
I certainly don't like being put into a box
or tainted in someone's eyes
simply for a part of me that is probably less than 10% of who I am
But how do you stop?
I have no idea and it makes me sad.
I wish I could start over in life
and not have all these preconceived notions
dumped inside my box
but I would still be in a box
wouldn't I?
Even if it is one
that I built myself.
This is a subject that has been weighing on my brain all day today and I find the best way to get through this is to just let it go.
I was playing with paint lol! So for those ( like me) that cannot read that little font here is a larger version of the same thing.
The Box by Leanne Herrera
I get so angry when people decide who I am by what category I fit into.
Am I gay, straight, bisexual?
White, Black, Other?
Republican, Democrat, Liberal?
Pro-choice, Pro-life, indifferent?
Then I realized I am just as guilty of assuming
as the ones that anger me.
I put people in that box that I am trying to climb out of.
I put things in there too.
I judge people if they are different than me
I don't mean to
It is like the old saying, "don't judge a book by it's cover."
I don't
Well not completely
but even if I read the synopsis, reviews, and excerpts
that cover will taint my viewpoint
I think people judge each other the same way.
It is how we decide if we want to give them a chance
How unfair is that?
I certainly don't like being put into a box
or tainted in someone's eyes
simply for a part of me that is probably less than 10% of who I am
But how do you stop?
I have no idea and it makes me sad.
I wish I could start over in life
and not have all these preconceived notions
dumped inside my box
but I would still be in a box
wouldn't I?
Even if it is one
that I built myself.
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Well said.