tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4294081227243750127.post4468571260946981078..comments2023-05-14T03:18:44.997-07:00Comments on Runlikejoy: HonestyRunlikejoyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16263858971486080532noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4294081227243750127.post-11179868637443658592012-07-07T09:56:39.191-07:002012-07-07T09:56:39.191-07:00I am struggling with this very thing at the moment...I am struggling with this very thing at the moment. I am so afraid to offend people and I hate confrontation, so I tend to dance around things or even falsely agree with someone to avoid hurting their feelings. Now I'm at the point where I feel very distant from people, even those I am good friends with, because I can't ever be myself.<br /><br />But I cannot please all the people all the time. Even if I try to avoid the harsher truths, something will offend someone. So better to be true to myself. Those that can't take it aren't really the kind of people I want around me anyway. If someone is upset that I don't think that dress looks very flattering on them, they might be happier with a different type of friend. <br /><br />Easier said than done. We all have some family members and coworkers and such that aren't going anywhere. How easy it is to be direct and upset them and then see then again next week. I have to accept that not everyone is going to like me, and be OK with that. I have failed at this so far. I wimp out and back peddle. But I'm not giving up.<br /><br />I've been meaning to write a blog post about a hateful, awful "pro straight marriage" graphic on FB, but I dread having the person see it and know it was them that prompted my post. I need to do it, but I am related to this person and do not care to have it be a topic for the family and don't want to be hurtful (she's pretty naive and probably doesn't realize how awful it was). But I can't stand by while people smugly run down those horrid perverse gays and brag about how straights deserve to be in love because the bible says so.<br /><br />So I guess instead I write a novel in your comments! :P I need to get brave and let other people decide if they want to be around me. I need people in my life who want to be with me, the real me who tells it like it is!Angelahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14986534464933674310noreply@blogger.com