I have a hot temper.
Yes mam I do.
I am trés passionate.
Yes mam i am.
I have always felt a lot and expressed it. Fists were my primary source of communication at a young age but that all changed when I discovered rhetoric. What a magical weapon against almost any adversary. I was involved in politics and had the fortune to listen and learn from the best of the best at the time. My dad is an attorney and a really really good one at that. Lots to learn there.
I lit up when people around me threw “- You always have a response” in my face. What a compliment!
Being able to insult someone subtly has always intrigued me.
A friend once said that “the definition of diplomacy is being able to tell someone to go to hell and have them look forward to the journey” and I find that a fine point well made.
I rarely end up in conflicts anymore, certainly not physical anyway, and I am thankful for that.
Age and experience has filed off the hardest and sharpest edges of what was me and has left a gentler side of me more accessible. My goal is that no one unexpectedly cuts themselves on what I am or what I say. If they do, they have been thoroughly warned beforehand.
A tough goal for someone who, up til 8 years ago, felt that attack was the best defense.
These lovely insults fell over my path this morning..and I love love love them:
All hallows eve has almos come and i choose to think of all the loved ones that are no longer with us.
You are in my thoughts and prayers.
I have stuff to do and coffee to drink.
Until later dear friends. Until later.