From 120 Great Fairy Paintings Clip Art by Dover BooksI'm here today to talk about transparency, the internet and how I navigate the negativity that abounds online. The internet has created an environment where every weenie with a computer can stomp around anonymously and take a poo on anything they choose without consequence. People are emboldened and they are angry and that anger is filtering into every level of personal discourse.
I think if you're going to be online, you're going to have to accept that no matter what you say or how you say it, even if you're attempting to be the height of diplomacy and to avoid controversy at all costs, you will eventually piss someone off and they will feel compelled to tell you why. If you put yourself out there, people are going to have something to say about that. If we make ourselves smaller to make them happy, they win.
It's not possible to entirely remove ourselves from negative people, in real life or online. We can shut down our blog and our Facebook pages and stop writing books and making videos and designing for magazines and go hide in our room, but eventually we'll have to go out in public and eventually some weenie will be offended by our mere presence and attempt to hurt our feelings.
People who are mean are merely scared. Fear is a powerful emotion. They are afraid and they are threatened by people they perceive as being fearless. That is a threat, isn't it? Because the more fearless we are, the less excuse they have for clinging desperately to their own fear. We can either choose to get caught up in their fear or we can opt to deflect it with love. The more we shine the light on negativity, the harder it becomes for it to lurk in the shadows.
"The opposite of love is fear, but what is all encompassing can have no opposites." A Course in Miracles
Shine on my friends and don't let the bastards get you down.
Love
Madge
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