It's just the wrong pair and you know it.

You wake up one morning, go to your dresser, and grab your panties. You know the minute your hand touches them that you have grabbed "that" pair.
You know the ones. They don't feel right, the elastic is soft in some spots, the material makes your butt sweat, and they itch.

That is how my blogging has felt lately.
I haven't been able to write anything.
I've barely been able to write my own name.
It's not for the lack of trying or things that piss me off, there have been lots of both.

For instance, ownership.
You can own many things. Your time share in Maui, your car, your house, your thoughts, your actions, your emotions, and your beliefs. I've thought alot about ownership lately. How as people we don't focus much on the ownership of things that aren't tangible. We don't stop and take ownership of what we say, what we do and how we act.

I try to instill in my children that what we say to people is like throwing a pebble into a still lake. That pebble, no matter how small makes ripple upon ripple.
Now imagine that the pebble is a word said in hatred, and the pond is a person. (or group of people) Look at the ripples that move through. Your words hit and spread moving outward and touching more people than you may have intended. You OWN the words that come out of your mouth.

Here is another pebble in the pond. For hundreds of years, one group or another has cast their stone into the pond. The words and actions of people who thought their view point was the ONLY view point damaged a great many people.

Hitler/The Jewish population.
White rich southern men/slaves
Muslims/Christians
Republicans/Democrats
and most recently,
Straight Christians/Homosexual and transgendered people.

People. Like it or not, whether you align with one side or the other, the common factor in all of those are....People.
Agree with either side and you will still find People. People and their words/actions cause problems. When are People going to be the solution to problems?
Saying that one side is more right than the other, or just plain right is wrong.
Just because you may have more "book" learning than some, does not make you better than me. A person who has "real life" learning.
Just because you are passionate about something you believe in, doesn't make you right. I just makes you passionate about something.
People. With feelings, people with their own hopes dreams and passions.
It is when people with passions who seek to disparage and attack other people that turmoil and hate are allowed to flourish.
We must accept that their are many views in the world, not just ours. We MUST accept that there are many different kinds of people in the world. Through acceptance (not tolerance) we can change the world. Together. But we must start with ourselves, with our attitudes towards others. We must change our "panties".
Right now, we are wearing the wrong pair. And you know it.