February 20, 2011
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Freedom of Type
I love being posetive, for the simple reason that i believe that if your posetive then your actually having a marked and real effect on the world around you through your perception. And if thats the case it’s better to be seeing a happy world than a sad one.
To this end i have used Xanga mainly for being nice to people, sharing beauty and spreading humour and joy.
But I would also like to point something out that i’ve noticed not only within myself but on several other peoples blogs and posts.
While happiness and being posetive is great it in no way should be used as a ‘fake it till you make it’ wall to put up and hide from those that might be able to help when your suffering, also and most importantly if you feel that being posetive is a good thing this dosen’t give you rights to look down on those that need to vent, sometimes we all need to share something painful or explore the elaborate and often troubling mazes of our minds and without places like Xanga or a close friend or even a diary we would be left alone to face our confusion and the awesome mysteries of life.
So I write this to say I salute all you bloggers who share your pain and your confusion, who open doors to the darkness that they see, either through experiance, fantasy, poetry, or words you bring the dark that allows the light to seem so much brighter.
Noone can claim to be perfect or to hold all the answers and so it’s through sharing our perceptions and allowing those fleeting glimses of anothers universe that we can expand and grow, that we face within ourselves that which otherwise we may never have known. Everything we percive is incredible, unique and has never existed before and that goes for everything be it ‘dark‘ or ‘light‘ ‘posetive‘ or ‘negative‘ it just is and i’m grateful for all of it.
So I say Xanga; complain, whine, shout and scream, if not here then where
Comments (16)
I love what you said here. I too think it’s important to be true to yourself and your feelings.
How I feel can change very easily. What I’ve noticed is that after an upbeat post a really sad one follows a lot of times.
While I think xanga shouldn’t be the only place you can complain and whine and shout and scream it is a place where you should be true to your feelings. And perhaps at some moments its the only place.
Hear, Hear!
I agree. Great post!
Xanga’s good for all type of emotions, good and bad.
@Days_likethis - Very well put, I wish i could confere with you before posting things, i feel they would make much more sense
@itsallgreenjello - :)
@mrsclark11 - Thanks!
@Roadlesstaken - Very true
@BFB1131 - That’s a great compliment, thank you. I not always makes sense, but I’m flattered I do to you.
i write about every and anything. as u can tell.
if im not honest heere, where can i be?
@suuperstar - Exactly, it’s just sometimes i find myself re-creating the same worries that limit me elsewhere, and also when you see people apologising for complaining or making negative posts. It’s better just to be honest
Nice argument. Who wants to read how everyone’s life is good all the time? That’s stupid and more importantly, it’s boring.
@CephasCornwall - Well I do to be honest lol, but i want them to be honest and if people are censoring themselves because they feel like they are whining or being negative then thats just not right. Esspecially for people who might not be able to express themselves elsewhere.
Thanks for the invite
Hey, you’re welcome for my negativity and crying!
Your comments to me are always supportive and just nice. Some put a smile on my face, so thank you too!
Well that’s what I really mean too. I guess sarcasm is very hard to convey without a tone of voice.
i find this interesting. i tend to post some pretty dark and conflicted stuff, because it’s often how i feel, but i also try to “keep it positive” because that is where i want to go. i’m not faking anything, but i think that it’s important to fight that good fight and not give in to despair. i tend to focus on the negativity of myself and positivity of others. i actually wrote about this recently in a post titled “the voices in my head”. i have a lot of negativity focused inwardly, and i am trying to change that, but it’s an excersise. it isn’t being fake any more than going to the gym and lifting weights is faking being physically strong. i do it for the people i love because frankly, they deserve better from me.
ahhh I love this post. I noticed somewhat of a change in my writing on Xanga ever sicne I’ve been actually getting readers and subscribers… I try not to do the ‘fake it till i make it’ thing bc I totally agree with you.
And thank you for all the positive encouragements always
I screammmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm
I shouttttttttttttttttttttttttttt
I feel better now.
I laughhhhhhhhhhhhhh…. Hahahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh
@RestlessButterfly - lol we could all learn something from you