Clam Lynch - Cut the Crap

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June 29, 2007

IF I HELD A MIRROR UP TO YOUR MIRROR WHAT WOULD I/YOU SEE?

HECK, I DON’T KNOW? I AM NOT A MIRROROLOGIST PEOPLE, JEEEZ LOUWEEZE!!

BUT WHAT I DO KNOW IS THIS.

PEOPLE JUST SEEM TO APPEAR IN YOUR LIFE AND THEY SAY WORDS AND STATE THEIR OPINIONS. SOMETIMES THESE WORDS ARE GOOD AND HELPFUL AND COME FROM A PLACE OF LOVE. SOMETIMES THESE OPINIONS COME FROM AN OPEN HEART AND ARE GIVEN AS SHARED EXPERIENCE OR A HELPFUL/PRACTICAL SUGGESTION.

NOW SOME FOLKS SAY THESE PEOPLE COME TO US TO BE OUR MIRRORS, TO SHOW US THINGS WE MIGHT NOT BE ABLE TO SEE IN OURSELVES, TEACH US THINGS WE MIGHT NEED TO LEARN IN THIS THING CALLED LIFE.

I SAY YAY, YAY, TO THAT.

BUT SOMETIMES THEY ARE NOT AND I SAY THAT WITH A STRONG, NAY, NAY.

SOMETIMES THE WORDS THAT COME OUT OF THESE FOLKS ARE BAD WORDS AND THEIR OPINIONS ARE EVEN WORSE.

THEIR WORDS COME FROM A PLACE OF PAIN, OF HURT OF THEIR OWN FEARS AND DOUBTS. THEIR OPINIONS ARE OFTEN BASED IN WHAT THEY OR THEIR EGOS OR THEIR PAIN OR WHATEVER, NEEDS TO BRING OTHERS DOWN AND NOT DO THE EXACT THING THEY ARE TELLING OTHER THAT THEY SHOULD DO THEMSELVES.

BUT HERE’S THE GOOD NEWS!!

BOTH TYPES ARE GOOD.
YES YOU HEARD/READ ME RIGHT.
GOOD.

BOTH ARE GOOD WAYS FOR YOU TO LOOK INSIDE AND FIND YOUR OWN TRUTH.

NOW WHEN I SAY "LOOK INSIDE" I AM NOT TALKING ABOUT STICKING A KNIFE INTO YOUR STOMACH AND CUTTING A LARGE CIRCLE INTO YOURSELF AND LOOKING AT IT AS YOU TAKE YOUR LAST FEW BREATHS.

ALTHOUGH SOMETIMES I FEEL LIKE DOING JUST THAT AFTER TALKING TO CERTAIN PEOPLE OR SHOULD I SAY:
"TALKED TO" BY CERTAIN PEOPLE.

OR MAYBE:
"YELLED AT AND BELITTLED AND ACCUSED AND SCOLDED BY CERTAIN UNNAMED PEOPLE"

ANYHOOT, WHERE WAS/AM I?

OH YEAH.
FRIENDS, I AM NOT TELLING YOU WHAT TO THINK OR DO. I AM JUST THINKING/TYPING OUT LOUD. I AM CONTEMPLATING, WHY?

I AM NOT ASKING YOU, WHY? I AM JUST ASKING MYSELF, WHY?

IT'S ALWAYS ABOUT YOU, YOU, YOU, YOU, ISN’T IT!!
WELL I THINK THAT’S VERY SELFISH!!

SEE FOLKS THAT IS A PERFECT EXAMPLE. TELLING YOU IT'S ALWAYS ABOUT YOU WHEN I AM BEING ALL ABOUT ME.

IT'S LIKE THAT LITTLE VOICE IN MY HEAD. THAT SMALL SCARED SELF THAT SAYS THINGS TO ME ...WELL NOT OUT LOUD BUT JUST IN MY HEAD. IT SAYS THING LIKE:
"THAT WAS A GREAT MEETING, NOW CAN YOU LEND ME TWENTY THOUSAND DOLLARS YOU RICH BASTARD! I NEED TO BUY SOME SHIT, LIKE FOOD, A CAR, HEALTH INSURANCE, AND CRAZY SHIT LIKE THAT."

"THANKS FOR BAGGING MY GROCERIES CAN WE GO SOMEWHERE AND HAVE SOME HOT CRAZY SEX NOW? "

OR EVEN

"THANKS FOR TELLING ME HOW I’VE GOT TO LIVE MY LIFE, CAN I STICK THIS FORK IN YOUR EYE NOW?"

BUT THOSE ARE JUST PASSING THOUGHTS AND I JUST SMILE AND LET THEM DRIFT BY.

PEOPLE COME INTO OUR LIVES FOR A REASON.
FOR US TO LEARN.
FOR US TO SEE.
FOR US TO HAVE COMPASSION FOR THEIR SUFFERING AS WELL AS OUR OWN.

SO LET’S TRY NOT TO REACT TO OUTSIDE PEOPLES WORDS AND OPINIONS AND JUST ASK OURSELVES, WHAT CAN WE LEARN FROM THEM. LET’S TRY NOT TO HIT ANYONE WITH A HEAVY OBJECT, ESPECIALLY YOURSELF. LET’S GO DEEP AND FIGURE OUT WHAT’S RIGHT FOR ME/YOU.

THAT’S WHAT I AM DOING AND THAT’S WHAT YOU SHOULD DO!!

SORRY, THERE I GO AGAIN.

I DON’T WANT TO SHOULD ON ANYONE.

I LOVE.

ME, CLAM

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Posted by clamlynch at 6:29 AM