Beating Dead Horses

   For reasons that escape me now, have escaped me in the past, and most likely will escape me in the future, I continue to get bombarded with the same criticisms over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and ov...

   What's that you say?

   Stop saying that?

   You say that is very irritating?

   Well, yes, I would have to agree. But don't get annoyed. Trust me, after a while you just assume there will never be an end to it. So, you try your best to ignore it. You will forgive me if I assume that you have a marginalized capacity for understanding what I am trying to convey to you, and though I might be thinking you are disrespecting me by not absorbing my observations with the enthusiasm they certainly deserve, I am willing to repeat them over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and ov...

   What's that?

   You get my point?

   Well, you say that now, but you know you're just going to do it again.

   When you are among people you have known for a long time, you get to understanding their habits, their quirks and their general view of life. When these same folks, who you know to never utter a curse word, suddenly shout out "FUCK YOU!" then you can bet they get your full attention.

   If on the other hand, some others you might know use foul language in every sentence, the likelihood of your even noticing their curse is not very high. When everything you do or say is at one time or another, being subjected to criticism, then it doesn't take long for you to easily discount the opinions of the self-appointed evaluators as suspect.

   Unfortunately, when that point arrives, your interest in separating the valid criticism from those you deem unfounded, is at best -- low. In reality, it is most likely void. I make no claim to perfection; I am a work in progress... a beta. I try with due diligence to make all who might know me aware that my faults are many, my virtues few and that I am no better than any other human being on this planet [except for Ann Coulter -alex]. As I have stated on numerous occasions, the only thing that I believe gives me any authority to delve out advice to anybody, is my life experience.

   I suggest to others in the belief that perhaps another might gain insight, in order for a better decision. Or maybe to allow someone to take comfort in the fact that what is happening to them has also happened to others.

    I've spent many, many hours searching inside myself. Asking questions of my inner being that were difficult to face. I know what my good and bad sides contain and I make an ongoing effort to improve myself and to be a better human being.

   But the bottom line is that I AM a human being. I have faults. I will still fail sometimes, but when you receive criticism because it is the status quo, then minimizing the validity of that criticism is a forgone conclusion.

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