Tough Love For Your Stupid Family/Friends

ME: I think half the people who do stupid stuff, you know, like staying with someone who treats them like shit, would not stay with that someone if their friends and family told them the cold hard truth...that everyone is talking about them behind their backs about how stupid they are for staying with someone who treats them like shit.

YOU: ha

ME: Seriously. Everyone wants to be lied to nowadays. Or their friends and family don't want to "hurt" them, but someone needs to be the "bad guy" and give them a wakeup call!

YOU: I'm hungry...that oatmeal didn't seem to stick w/ me as long today

Check Your Facts!

Wake-up, World! Cyberpolution, it's all over the internet, but especially on Facebook, and it makes me nuts and it's making you look like idiots!

This is probably pretty much the same way rumors started in the "old days". Someone would hear a sensational/scandalous, or even inspirational story, and without even thinking twice about it, they called up their friends and passed it on to the next person. Sadly, it's so much easier now with the internet.

It seems in "real life" interactions, people are less trusting of others these days, but if they see something on the internet, then it must be true!? They are just too lazy to take that extra step to verify the story. They don't really care if it's true. They just want to be the first of their friends to pass on this juicy story on their "walls".

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This post has been in my drafts for a long time, probably for over a year at least. I can't tell how long because it doesn't say in the posts list. I thought I'd post it now because it's still very relevant.

I need to get back on the blogging wagon. A lot has happened since my last post in 2011. I have lots of wonderful things to talk about as well as my usual complaining.

Not Enough

It's come to my attention that it is not enough to be truthful. It's not a good thing to be honest. You get no where by being up front. Everyone wants you to lie to them. Everyone would prefer to live in denial. Denial of what, you ask? Pick a topic. It's that one and every other one. It's everything. 

It's best to lie. To succeed you have to "fake it until you make it', this I've always known. What I didn't know is that you have to continue doing so. The charade must go on forever. Never let them in. Never be vulnerable. Never trust. 

To trust is a waste of time. Everyone will let you down. Instead of the friend whose "got your back", they will more likely stab you in the back. There is no one out there who will save anything but their own skin.  So trust your own instincts and no one else's. 

Are You In There, Oprah Winfrey?

I was wondering last night as I wrote in my journal. (My journal that I received in 1995 and have only written in every couple of years when something significant happened to me. You know, marriage, weight gain, resolutions, dreams, wishes, worries, divorces, new beginnings, successes, failures, etc.) I was wondering about Oprah and her journaling. I know she does it. It's a well known fact that she has been journaling well before she became the Oprah the world now knows, loves, respects, and for some, blindly worships. She's probably got a room just to house all her journals.

What I was wondering was if she tells the truth in her journals. I know I do. That's probably why I've only written in them every couple of years. I write my innermost thoughts that I don't want anyone else to know. Does Oprah? Does she tell the truth in her diaries?

Though I haven't watched her show in years, I know Oprah has shared her journal entries at various times. But what about what she doesn't share? Is there anything in there that isn't meant for public eyes? Has she ever spoken about that on her show? You know what I mean. Does she let the words just flow in unconscious release, good or bad, happy or sad, in the simplest words and phrases? Does she say the hurtful things that are in all human hearts at one time or another? Does she bemoan her missteps and personal regrets? Does she go bazerk? Does she lash out, speak ill will of others who she feels have wronged her, or admit her own transgressions? Does she confess her sins? Does she whine and complain and feel sorry for herself? Does she write of heartaches? Struggles? Worries? Insecurities? Aches and pains? Does she boast to herself on her own behalf? These are all things I would except in a personal journal. It's in our human nature and if we are being truthful to ourselves, all this and more will be represented. She is, after all, a human just like the rest of us. Does she let her "human" show?

Or does she have it all carefully planned out for when she is gone? When (and if) the world is allowed access to Oprah's diaries, when all volumes are carefully archived in the Oprah Winfrey Museum and the world is let in hoping to see her true inner self, will they find that her truth really is in there, or nowhere to be found? Will we see a woman writing to herself and to her God? Or will she have written to the millions who will read her words; those rosy prosy, peace, love and understanding, "save the world", "save the children", "look at all the wonderful things I have done", preaching diatribes?

Does Oprah just let it all out? I hope so. I really do.