I have a confession to make.
I used to get into terrible arguments with people online. It could be about all sorts of things, although I guess most of them centered around politics. It took me a long time, but I was finally able to quit doing this. I walk away from argument now. What changed?
First, I admitted to myself that my real motivation for continuing to argue was fear that the other person — or those following the argument — would assume I wasn’t smart enough to respond. I finally realized that it was just my ego getting in the way of walking away.
Second, I finally accepted that it doesn’t matter to me what other people think of me, especially random strangers online. I finally became mature enough — many years after this should have been so — for me not to be intimidated by the fear that someone might think I wasn’t smart enough.
3 years after my father’s death, happy memories getting stronger
If there’s something you must do, income and vocation might clash
You’re wrong! If you don’t agree, you’re just an evil, lying moron
There’s little unity to be found in our supposedly United States
What if world is becoming a place where you no longer want to live?
What’s at the root of objections to real freedom? Paternalism
We’re neither friends nor enemies, just strangers who share the past
‘This path leads to somewhere I think I can finally say, I’m home’
When love finally dies, it’s like a fever breaks and the pain is gone