I really should know better by now

[avevale_intelligencer]

I don't know why I keep doing it. I relax, I think I'm among friends, I tentatively bring out an idea that's close to my heart and I watch someone jumping up and down on the tiny shining thing because they choose to believe I've said something quite different. I don't think "Wouldn't it be nice if we could change our attitudes to the way we think about work and creativity" is quite the same as "Creative people should be let off work and everyone else should support them"; but I daresay I read old books of logic. Anyway, I don't suppose it would have cost me so much sleep if I wasn't still raw over the other thing, but as it is I don't even have the energy to be offended over what kind of person they obviously think I am.

Sorry for wasting everyone's time.

Comments

[sodzilla.livejournal.com]

I definitely think the previous thread was valuable!

And for what it's worth, I myself am trying to internalize the whole "indebtedness process" when it comes to the purely social stuff. Whether it's favors to friends, kindness to strangers, or what have you, I tend to feel it's something I owe MYSELF... I do it not because other people require it of me or would be upset if I didn't, but because I want to be the kind of person who helps out when someone is in need.