Filter!

"Say What You Mean and Mean What You Say Without Being Mean When You Say It" ~ Meryl Runion Rose

Words are to express & the mouth is the tool, well said but the common denominator is the brain. Brain to filter every single statement without being on break. 

If there is one thing that I am as a person, it is straightforward. I'm not the one to beat around the bush or try to beautify things. It's not that I don't know how to sugar coat words, I just don't want to do it. I'm a realist and I call a spade a spade. I have been living my life with a power to say what I want, to launch into an answer without being feared of the outcome. 

Being this way has given me many names. I'm just someone who is known to speak her mind. I don't hesitate to stand up for what I believe is right and I lead my life the way I want it to be.

& with that, I have made a lot of unconventional choices in my life and I stand by them with my head held high. Just because I'm different doesn't mean that something is wrong with me. Yes, I'm blunt and say things as it is. But no, I'm not mean. I'm not condescending, rude or brutal.

The only difference in me now (with growing age) is that I have started to know my audience. If I am around people I know really well, then I lower my guard and be myself. With others, I do think twice before speaking. 

Another problem in being a straight forward person is that because I say what I mean, I assume others to do the same too & that is when shit hit the fan and whispers grew dragon wings.This has only disappointed me till date. Unless you tell me something directly, I find it difficult to understand it. Yes, I'm smart enough to take hints but reading between the lines has never been one of my strengths because for me there are only lines and nothing in between. 

Others think that I'm aggressive and insensitive just because I'm making my point. Why don't people understand that everyone has an opinion? While I respect yours, the least I can expect is for you to respect mine. Just because I say what's on my mind on the spot and not talk about a diluted version of the situation, it doesn't make me difficult to know.

I am a huge believer in speaking the truth & that makes my happily ever after ruined to some extent one time or another. I’m blessed to have an understanding partner though. He understands But there are time when our opinions does differ but it doesn't make him any less special than he is in my life.

Every day I wake up and decide to love me more with flaws, with my view & to be better than yesterday. To become more cautious about what I say when I say as FILTER does succours.

& as they say if you fell down yesterday, stand up today with the filter of course!

Dia