I truly have to on some days force myself to abide by LIVE AND LET LIVE, but far too often, people prefer to beat people over the head with love & kindness.
Ignis aurum probat, miseria fortes homines
Speaking our truth should be unhindered, no matter who says it. Since when is it even possible to say something in a way that pleases everyone? Seems like many, maybe most people are suffering from acute Sensitiveness. Guess what, the word Sensitiveness is no longer in the Webster dictionary. Or at least not the last few times I checked. I heard the word during a reading in a Big Book Study Group and asked for the definition of someone suffering from Sensitiveness. The dictionary was a huge, old Webster.
Here Sensitiveness is in The Chapter to the Agnostic: “Besides a seeming inability to accept much on faith, we often found ourselves handicapped by obstinacy, sensitiveness, and unreasoning prejudice.”
I did find a few definitions in an online search, though.
HOW TO USE ‘SENSITIVENESS’ IN A SENTENCE
‘Then acute sensitiveness returned again—he felt the whole series of emotions over and over without one omission.’
THE WAVE|ALGERNON BLACKWOOD
‘His death was caused by extreme sensitiveness at the manner in which his play of Oberon's Oath was received.’
THE EVERYDAY BOOK OF HISTORY AND CHRONOLOGY|JOEL MUNSELL
‘This delight was at one time somewhat disturbed by his hyper-sensitiveness.’
THE LIFE & LETTERS OF PETER ILICH TCHAIKOVSKY|MODESTE TCHAIKOVSKY
‘An extended table of the sensitiveness of many indicators, on which the above tables are based, is given by Salm, Z. phys.’
THE ELEMENTS OF QUALITATIVE CHEMICAL ANALYSIS, VOL. 1, PARTS 1 AND 2.|JULIUS STIEGLITZ
‘It was indeed a terrible sight for any person of sensitiveness to see a human being—though deserving—suffer in this manner.’
Source: JACK HARKAWAY'S BOY TINKER AMONG THE TURKS|BRACEBRIDGE HEMYNG
I have zero interest in fighting people over opinions. I just don’t much like bullying behavior and I see it going on more and more these days. But on the other hand, happiness is a choice.
No one can steal my laughter any more than someone can steal the thunder from the stormy sky. It’s just natural. But maybe bullying is natural, too. LOL! My martial arts trainer said I’ll never be good at Martial Arts or chess because I don’t have the killer instinct. He was right. I hate seeing people suffering because of anything I have done, but I can’t go through life wiping their poopy butts and changing their diapers, either. I have my own diapers to change and that’s hard enough as it is.
