My Wish

[shadesong]

Every day, we make choices that determine who we are.

Should your choices be exposed? Should the person you are be exposed? Oh, and I am not using the collective "you" here. This is a very specific "you".

What would happen if the people you profess to their faces that you care about knew what you say about them behind their backs?

What if they knew the choices you've made these past four weeks? The things that you have done?

It would destroy you and your relationships with everyone you profess to care about.

Your choices. And the person they've made you.

I make choices every day as well. Every day, I decide what sort of person I am.

And your actions have made it very hard to say this these days, very hard to make the choice to say: I am not a gun.

But - I am not a gun.

I will not do this to you.

By your choices, you will do this to yourself.

I say this with intent:

May every person in this situation get exactly what they deserve.

So may it be.

Comments

[miintikwa.livejournal.com]

Nemesis.

[shadesong.livejournal.com]

Indeed.

[miintikwa.livejournal.com]

I feel, to reply to your other post a little, that Nemesis relates to Karma a bit- when a righteous wrath is needed, when something crosses moral lines, Nemesis grants the right to act.

But perhaps that is the path I walk, not yours. Kali is quite a bit different, I think.

*hug* Still. Whatever action you took, I think it was Right Action.

[shadesong.livejournal.com]

But perhaps that is the path I walk, not yours. Kali is quite a bit different, I think.

Kali is... very direct. Very direct indeed. And being as I work for her, I'm kinda officially authorized to take action.

So it's a choice between Kali's dance and not being a gun, and which one is best for which situation. With many instincts urging me to take up the sickle.

Whatever action you took, I think it was Right Action.

*hugs* Thank you, honey. It's good to hear that.

[miintikwa.livejournal.com]

Kali's dance is often like Nemesis/Thoth's judgement. Which is why I can see both sides. It's too easy to judge, sometimes, and yet it's also too hard.

*hugs* Hope that the situation resolves itself.

[chris-walsh.livejournal.com]

If only the Harry Potter ridikulos [sp?] spells worked in our world... you could use it to turn that Nemesis into Sise Men. ;-)

Chris
(who's actually been reading the Star Trek: Nemesis novelization)

my thoughts...

[gaelfling.livejournal.com]

my choices are my own- be they good or bad they are what I live with every day
some of them I let the world know about, others I don't... not everyone needs know about what is going on in my life- some of you I trust enough to have a window into my thoughts...

I have a long standing policy though of never saying behind a persons back what I can't say to their face, good or bad
it means I've made enemies of people because I was honest, lost friends because I wasn't willing to be a yes man

but at the end of the day, the only person I honestly have to answer to is me, and if I can't be honest (with myself and others) then I can't be ok with me

[fiannaharpar.livejournal.com]

Amen.

[azurelunatic]

Exactly.

Make it so.

[sinboy.livejournal.com]

What would happen if the people you profess to their faces that you care about knew what you say about them behind their backs?

Other than one exception, not much these days. That's something I'm proud of.

[sinboy.livejournal.com]

I might add that the exeption is notorious for taking everything in the worst way, from everyone who cares about him.

[shadesong.livejournal.com]

Likewise. Not so for some others, though.

[whitecrow0.livejournal.com]

Mrk.

[qassandra.livejournal.com]

I have a situation in which I wish for that, too. A situation that, until last night, I thought had been finished months ago when I got the hell out of town.

thanks....

[snesgirl.livejournal.com]

for verbalising that you can realise that someone stuff is not about you, and still be angry and hurt about it and yet not have to turn into them.

I'm babbling, but I hope you knwo what I mean. :S

You know your'e inspirational right?

[drwex]

A couple of rules I've found useful in life:
- Karma, like matter and energy in the universe, balances
- Rarely do you get to see it balance
- It is NOT your job to balance Karma; Karma can bloody well take care of itself.

[shadesong.livejournal.com]

- It is NOT your job to balance Karma; Karma can bloody well take care of itself.

I've been used as an instrument of Karma before.

But australian_joe's right when he said that it's a conflict of interest in this case.

Man, I want credit for taking the high road when the other person's taking the low road...

[drwex]

Taking the high road involves detachment from wanting credit. Adults do not, in general, go about crowing "Look how adult I'm being!"

Much as we might want to...

[shadesong.livejournal.com]

When did I claim to be an adult? :)

[ardaniel]

The current Google text ad at the top of my gmail session-- and no, I have no idea what I was discussing with Wedge that made it pick this-- is:

"The Original Fecalgram - fecalgram.com - Anonymously send them a box of poop and see their reaction online."

IHNTA.