Had a rather proud moment for myself today when I found a message on my email from Yahoo. I was looking at some stories earlier today and found a piece about Romney. It talked about class envy and I am certain it took him completely out of context and was likely a hatchet job by the reporter. I don't know for certain but as there was only one brief line quoted that included the word envy in the story followed by a whole lot of opinion by the reporter, I'm fairly certain. I scrolled down to some of the comments and they were all the same. It was all about Romney being given everything that he has because of his rich father and how they have all had a much harder life and blah, blah, blah. The whole thing kind of made me sick. The mindset of people today is simply crazy - we are all apparently owed something. Oh yes, I remember now, they did add something that Romney said about this being a country of merit and that we receive according to our labor. Something like that anyway. Regardless, people were spewing a lot of junk and I had enough.
I don't make comments on stories often. In fact I can only remember one other time making a comment and it was after reading an article about divorce. That however is another story. Today I decided to say something. I am going to pause and see if I can pull my exact comment so I don't have to try and rewrite it. Sweet found it. So here is my comment.
"I happen to think he is right. I went through a divorce, moved my kids across the country, have lost everything and finally started a business of my own. You better believe that it takes a lot of hard work and for me the rewards are just fine. Am I making millions - no, not even thousands. Is that my dream in life - no. If we continue to base our personal happiness on having everything someone else has or think that because we work hard we are owed what someone else has then it is envy and we are in for a long, hard, miserable life. If however we can find joy in what we do have, if we can be grateful for that 10 year old car that gets us where we need to go or that basic cell phone then life is going to be wonderful. If our self worth is based on how much money we have then we have missed the boat people."
Again, got this email updating me on my comment. There were a couple of comments made and the first is my favorite. Before I share it let me explain that my yahoo identity when I make a comment is Johannes. It is my creative South African way of putting my name up there. I suppose it isn't that common here in the good old U S of A. The comment from my fan Brenda:
"AMEN girl, you got the right idea. Hard work pays off in more ways than money. You girl have got a good outlook on life. Content and happy? I bet you are. Thank you, for being the person you are, need more like you."
Oh man, I had to laugh. Obviously a majority of divorces don't end up with the father having custody of the children. I can see that interpretation taking place. Johannes - ? Maybe Joanne. I don't know. Anywho, I have a fan in Brenda - we sisters are tight now. Also noticed that I had 5 thumbs up when I pulled it up a moment ago. Sweet. Didn't see any thumb downs so my ego is really swelling right now.
So tell me, is Johannes a bad choice on my part? Will I always be seen as a women when I post a comment somewhere? I guess I don't really care so long as I keep getting those AMEN girls.
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