on being unashamed
Every so often I get a rash of people who are desperate to let me know that it's okay - it's okay that I'm a redneck, it's okay that I came from the wrong side of the tracks, it's okay that I'm not the Right Sort because I'm trying to better myself or I don't know better or I can't help it.
It always makes me stop and stare a second.
I am who I am - and, please, let me assure you, I'm not in the least bit ashamed of it. Nor am I looking to move beyond. I've seen the lives that the people higher on the food chain live. I'm not interested. I don't want the neuroses, the ingrained sense of entitlement. Hell, I'm not interested in following all the rules folks that are Better than Me have to follow in order to keep their place.
I like my spot.
Yep. You heard me. I went, I saw, and I'm staying in my life.
With my family, born and chosen.
Unashamed.
It always makes me stop and stare a second.
I am who I am - and, please, let me assure you, I'm not in the least bit ashamed of it. Nor am I looking to move beyond. I've seen the lives that the people higher on the food chain live. I'm not interested. I don't want the neuroses, the ingrained sense of entitlement. Hell, I'm not interested in following all the rules folks that are Better than Me have to follow in order to keep their place.
I like my spot.
Yep. You heard me. I went, I saw, and I'm staying in my life.
With my family, born and chosen.
Unashamed.
posted by Auntie Pooh @ 11:38 AM
4 Comments:
At 12:15 PM,
P. said…
I love you just the way you are and I can't see any reason to be ashamed of what that is.
You're amazing!
At 12:21 PM,
Moma Sue said…
Those people just need to get a grip. How dare anyone think you are not the MOST wonderful and amazing person ever born. And who is to say which side of the tracks is the wrong one?? Hugs
At 6:57 PM,
C.Potts said…
You are an inspiration to me.
And that's not something I've ever said to them from the *right* side of the tracks.
At 2:24 PM,
Jean said…
I get a lot of "it's okay", as in "it's okay that you're gay". Last I checked I didn't need anyone's permission or approval to be me.
My thinking is they are greatly underestimating you. You could take over the world from that spot you're in, and you'd do it so quietly the "Better" people wouldn't notice until it was too late. :D
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