i am human
Published by deviousdiva April 18th, 2008 in Activism.it is easy to swear and stamp your feet. it is easy to blame and spit and spread your bad feeling. it is easy to vent and rant and speak in big words. it is easy to hate. it is easy to feel hard done by. it is easy to call someone a liar or stupid or unnecessarily angry.
it is hard to listen. it is hard to say i was wrong. it is hard to delve through mountains of words and look for connections. it is hard to sit day after day and try and make a difference. it is hard to have hope. it is hard to make change. it is hard to get up in the morning knowing that today will be no different. it is hard to say i was wrong. it is hard to say sorry. it is hard to reach out at the risk of seeming self-righteous or silly or wrong. it is hard to keep going when everyone is telling you to stop.
it is necessary to open your ears. it is necessary to hear what your friends are saying. it is necessary to discuss, debate, argue or to rage with an understanding that everything has history. it is necessary that we are all allowed to leave, to meltdown, to say things in anger and to reflect.
it is human to be weak. it is human to be creative and loud and forceful. it is human to be wrong, to be right, to be stupid, to be annoyingly human.
as frustrating and annoying and low and bad as we can be, human is what we are. and today will be forgotten tomorrow. and tomorrow could bring something worse. and tomorrow could bring better things.
as long as i have love in my heart, as long as i have hope in my life, as long as i have good intentions, a willingness to listen and the courage to speak up. as long as i am overwhelmed by feelings, as long as i am stuck and depressed, as long as i am welcomed and ecstatic, and i am foolish and flippant, and i am angry for a moment and didn’t really mean it, as long as i am passionate and strong, and i am powerful and weak, and i am in this moment, this second, this time, this day, this year.
i am human
and that’s all i can be.
Well said young lady, every single word is just so TRUE!
I love this Diva.
You inspire me and give me hope for the future of humankind
Thank you.
i see fields of green
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as the song says,,,,(read it and the music came to mind)
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……………………….you are UNIQYELY ……HUMAN
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,………..so are we all , but its so nice of you to remind us at times
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.especially my nag sister raggin about the curtains, (which i didnt step on)
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-anyways i hear yaz ………………….=ZARDOZ=
Not only is this an oh so timely and contextually on point post, regarding what has been discussed to overload the past several days, for me it was exactly the right timing to read this refreshing and wise sum up. Thank you.
Thank you for this. This really speaks to me. I want to print it and reread it everyday. Thank you.
Thank you all. I am happy that it spoke to you. It helped me to write it given all the fighting that has been going on in some blog communities.
It is really moving Devious. I rarely cry but this brought tears to my eyes.
I am human, I guess…
I for one am glad that you are human, it’s a good thing my friend. People fight in the blogger community??? Seriously, what the hell for…ciao
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Love this, DD. Keep up you sterling work.