Do No Harm But

Take No Shit

We are told we can't unfollow groups or unfriend people just because they irritate us or talk about something we disagree with; it's an emotional reaction we shouldn't have. 

Or when an absent person reenters your life for self-serving purposes, we should allow that pot-stirring behavior because it comes from a good place. 

Guess what?

I can. 

And I have. 

I can 100% unfollow, unfriend, whatever I need to do to not have my blood pressure rise through the universe. To not have my neuralgia go wild all over my face. I have enough going on in my life within my four walls; I don't need external malarkey. 

I don't seek to be irritated or offended. 

I don't seek added nonsense. 

I seek happiness. 

That's it.

Health scares will do that to a person. As a result, my perspective has shifted dramatically, as has my husband's. 

While driving behind the ambulance that carried me eight months ago, he cried to his mom on the phone, "I don't know what is happening. What if I'm a widower?"

Those are tough words to process. 

There are situations we can't control; I can't control what someone posts or what they say, but I can control if I see it or not. 

It's interesting because I step into each day with the question, "What is depleting me?" Yet, 90% of the time, my immediate response is social media. 

Little by little, I've removed what's exhausted me. Unapologetically. 

It's the unlearning of societal forces. 

It's the releasing of generational habits.

It's showing our son a different way. 

I want joy, love, and peace within myself and all around me; now, that is something I can control. 

I am doing no harm but taking zero shit.

And that's my Monday motivation.