I try to not focus on my pet peeves…but I have to say that
today one seems to be getting the best of me…Try as I might…I find myself
irritated with…once again…finding myself in a situation where someone is
telling me that the color blue…is really brown…
You know what I’m speaking of…you are in a situation where
you have assessed everything…viewed all angles objectively and reached a solid
conclusion on how to address the issue of the color blue….you are fully aware
of all aspects…Then you speak with the other person involved with the color…you
express your responsibilities and the parameters of your actions….with the
color blue…and they get defensive…and tell you that you are leaping to the end
of the rainbow rather than starting at the beginning with them…
You proceed to ask them their starting point…they reply that
they haven’t decided on that yet but you need to follow their lead…And they’re
leading you where?...To the color brown…You remain calm and remind them that it
truly is the color blue…the color of the sky…the color of a robin’s egg…They
respond that they prefer to see it as brown….clear as mud…and you should too…
They speak in a condescending tone…clearly pointing out what
a simpleton you are by their vocal inflections…You continue to maintain your
evenness…but inside you’d like to stick a paint brush where their brown don’t
shine…
These are the moments that make your eye twitch…but there is
no escaping it…No matter how you color your own world…others don’t have to
agree and most won’t…They either don’t like your color…it’s too difficult a
color to contend with…or they feel more in control if they can re-color
everything their way…because it really is all about them…In the end…it’s up to
you to decide if you will let it go…and let them color all over everything…or grab their art supplies and break all of their crayons…
As for me…I choose to continue coloring the way things
are…to me the blue sky is blue…and mud is brown…So…anyone can come along and
tell me that I don’t know what I’m looking at…but I don’t have to listen…I know
the difference between what is and what isn’t…and I know my
responsibilities…Long after I leave they can call it whatever they want…They
can call it pink…
I’ll tell you though…if they keep it up…I might get
creative…
And use some colorful language…
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