Off the Cuff / My Other Journal

Opinionated...

This morning someone said I was opinionated. I take that as a compliment. Better to have an opinion than to be wishy-washy.

Just knowing that I have an opinion hit perks me up. The more I’m into any subject, the more particular I am about the way my opinion is delivered. Opinions – as long as respectful and accepting of others- have positive effects and remove any associated withdrawal symptoms from reflecting on important matters.

Walt Whitman said: “"Dancing and laughing along the beach came the twenty-ninth bather,
The rest did not see her, but she saw them and loved them." – From “Song of Myself”

I’d rather be the one to see the twenty-ninth bather along with the other bathers. Ignoring something by denying it an opinion doesn’t make it go away.