LET IT OUT!!!!!!

(inspired by a facebook group I just joined about ranting and raving)... I fucking love the idea of a rant and rave and rave and rant page because THIS IS MY PHILOSOPHY OF LIFE that if we all FUCKING LET THE SHIT OUT THAT IS BOTHERING US then we would all be a LOT SANER FOR IT because holding this SHIT IN is what causes all kinds of nonsense and stupidness and pointlessness and if you LET THIS SHIT OUT in some healthy or creative way BEFORE IT GETS TOO BIG then so much nonsense wouldn't happen. and there is a way to get the shit out without hurting people. it's called volume and word choice. there is a nice way to say the tough shit, and there is a nice way to say the loving stuff too and in general I believe it's better to focus on the loving stuff anyway but that doesn't mean you totally ignore the tough stuff too because shoving things under a rug doesn't help. believe me - I had to learn my lesson the hard way. and basically if you SLOW DOWN enough and try to put yourself in someone else's shoes and try to see the world from their perspective and try to UNDERSTAND where someone is coming from and try to remember that most people really do mean well but circumstances and hunger and lack of sleep and too many items on your mental 'to do list' get in the way of being nice... then happiness and joy and hippie loving peace can abound.

and thank god for the people who do get under our skin - like the woman at my kids' preschool many years ago who used to end all of my sentences for me before i finished them - because - cliche of cliches - whatever you adore or are repelled by in someone else is often an indication of some part of you that you are unable to see. as good ole carl jung said. so... thank god for the folks who help you to really see who you really are.