Dill Pickle Dancers

If we don’t say what we are thinking and say what we believe others want to hear are we better people for it?  I understand the idea of being a good person and I do so wish to be good, but what if my thoughts do not reflect that desire?  What if I really hate my friends new shirt or I think someone’s hair cut makes them look like an antelope?  Those are not good things to say.  I know this.  So what do I do?  Say nothing?  Take advantage of the multipurpose  ‘interesting‘ word?  Lie for the good of everyone involved?  I don’t want to hurt  feelings but I do want to be true to myself.  The problem is I’m not always nice, or forgiving or great.  Sometimes I’m petty, deceitful and rotten.  But I want to be known and I want to be authentic.

Even if it means being vulnerable to public criticism.

Have you ever been in a room of people and you had visions of shouting out something ridiculous?

“The penguin pees on ice!”

“Ladies and Gentlemen I have a hairy toe!”

“Can freckles be picked off with a toothpick?”

Now before you whip out your sharpies and assign labels let me be clear that I have not, nor do I ever think I will say any of the aforementioned sentences.  There are so many other wonderfully weird things to say.  But back to my original question, is it better to say what we think or filter our thoughts?  I think it is good advice to try to avoid hurting others but what about showing others who we really are?  Do we even know who that is?

What if I challenged you to tell someone what you were thinking this very minute?

I’m thinking of dill pickle people with olive eyes.  Now they are dancing and singing Elvis songs. 

Good times.

What are you thinking? Is it weird or boring?  Funny or mean?

Is there a difference in speaking our minds if it is nonsense that means nothing as opposed to opinions?  Have you ever kept your opinion to yourself when others were freely sharing? I think it is easier to voice opinions rather than let people really see us.

I have a theory.  We all have stinky, judgmental minds that need some sort of prearranged agreement with our mouths.  Speak and be heard but try not to damage the  feelings of others.  That is not always easy or possible.  It would be beneficial to sift through the garbage our brain consumes daily to find nuggets of  brilliance or mediocre meanderings.

Or perhaps monitor what we take in to lesson the amount of sludge.

But that is another blog and one for a parent or a teacher to lecture.  As for me I’m am going to practice speaking freely and see how many people I can disturb.

It feels like Monkeys in top hats are dancing on my bladder.

I just did it.

It felt good. 

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