It’s funny peculiar, putting one’s thoughts down in a blog releases pent up emotions, and helps one realise those problems aren’t that bad after all, especially when there are others who have different but related tales to tell.
It it weren’t for Little My reminding me that I’m not the one who has the cancer, I could have sunk down into a deeper self pity. It it weren’t for Margaret853 reminding me I’m not alone in despising the Daily Mail’s actions (though my fellow workers seem to be immune to it, of whom does that say more?) and Carol reminding me MPs used to be only just higher life forms than Estate Agents.
To you, for giving me hugs or kicks up the bum or laughs or encouragement or any combination as appropriate, I say thank you.
To the silent majority (I am vain enough to believe there must be at least four others out there reading my pearls of wisdom) to the silent majority I say, I know I have your attention too, but sometimes it is hard to find the right words to respond, or maybe you too are feeling like that and can’t find your way out.
To you trapped in the labyrinth, I urge you to get your own Little Mys and Margartet853s and carolabs and pour out your feelings. You are not alone. Not even when it feels so empty and lonely in your home, because somewhere, sometime, someone could be reading your words and feeling for you or even responding or lost for words. There is more good in the world than bad, though there are times it barely seems credible.
Not every skinhead is a neo-Nazi, not every Muslim is a terrorist waiting to destroy you, not even every MP is a total idiot and waste of space, and apart from Dennis (the Beast of Bolsover) Skinner, I must be honest, I am hard pressed to find any who are ‘old school’ backbenchers and members of the awkward brigade.
Not every silent voice is a voice that doesn’t understand or empathise. I know only too well since there are postings I cannot respond to. Perhaps it is because the content leaves me stunned, or the events are too close to home for me still, or maybe I have nothing useful to say or add. If such scenarios exist for me, it must be worse for those who, for whatever reason, can only be bystanders. We bloggers and posters need to articulate as best we can, for them. Who knows, maybe a phrase or a sentence may speak to them and encourage them to (re)act?
Note to self. Tim, try to remember not everybody is like you, poor things.
