Quotations

Anyone who really knows me well knows that I love quotations.  I collect them.  A perfect gift for me is a book of quotations.  It doesn't have to be said by someone famous, it can be an ad, something spray painted on a side of a building; it just has to speak to me and resonnate.  Some of my favorite quoations are from Dr. Seuss.  Here are a few:

"A person's a person no matter how small."
"Why fit in when you were born to stand out?"
"Be who you are, and say what you feel, because those that mind don't matter and those that matter don't mind."

The last quotation pretty much sums up me in a nutshell.  I say what I feel and I am brutally honest.  I don't play games and I don't have time for b.s.  That is just how I am.  Some people love me for this, some. . . . .not so much.  When I am angry at someone, they know it.  I don't pretend to like someone if I truly do not like them.  I am not passive aggressive, I'm just aggressive I guess.  :)  I just find this is better in life:  just be who you are and be honest.  The important people in my life I care about their opinion of me (my husband, daughter, mother) but everyone else?  Eh, not so much.  If someone asks me a question, I give them an answer.  I don't sugar coat things.  Sometimes this causes people's feelings to get hurt and for that I am sorry but seriously don't ask if you don't want to know. 

I found another quotation today that applies to me also, "Transpersonal boundaries-being so deeply rooted in your essence and your inner honesty that falsehood is not an option".  I wish more people had transpersonal boundaries or any boundaries at all for the matter but that is a whole other blog.  I find that when you do not have boundaries or stay true to boundaries, you run into trouble.  Falsehood is not an option for me.  Like the good Southern saying: "Don't piss on my leg and tell me it's raining".  I find too many people just want to sweep things under a rug or act like there isn't a huge elephant in the room rather than dealing with the issue.  I don't get this at all.  In the end you are just causing more grief and trouble than necessary.  I am just the person that would rather deal with the issue, talk it out and then move on.