Revenge Isn't Sweet, It's Poison
I have a great post in the waiting room, known as my draft folder. It names names, calls out ridiculous religious stigma, and exposes hypocrisy alongside its evil, much larger cousin of systemic oppression. But I can’t hit publish. Not yet, at least.
That cautious feeling keeping me from hitting the publish button isn’t about the subject itself. Again, it is truly ridiculous. My hesitation is that my goal is to speak clearly from a place of cognitive empathy (not the same as emotional). I do not want malice or revenge to be the underlying motivator.
I want to contribute positively to those who are willing to consider what I have to say, not humiliate horrible people–even if they earn scorn. Horrible people need to be exposed, just not by me, while I am in this particular headspace.
Until the post gets to the point that it informs and doesn’t come from a source within my dark side wanting vengeance, it will sit in my draft folder.
It’s so tempting to hit publish, though…