When enough is enough!

For years I was politically active in volunteer work for election campaigns. 

I worked endless hours at campaign headquarters. I spread word vomit on social media.

I was always poking the bear at friends at friends of the other party. 

starting Facebook wars with friends that I had known for years, now we don't speak at all.

I posted insulting memes on Facebook just to tick people off, and lost more friends and connections. 

I did this for years and years. And for what reason did I do this? Why was I triggered and why did I enjoy 

triggering people. Over the past year I slowed down on political posts but still going full

steam on insulting memes. I knew who I was voting for so why bother trying to prove my point and get into a 

full scale Facebook work? It was like a sick addiction. I had to be bitter all the time. 

Yes, I will still stand for my principles and morals but we have to show love in doing so, not hate.

Sometime last year I watched a news story about a person who was arrested for drunk driving. 

For some reason I was sad for this person and followed them on social media with their story. 

And they did a podcast and the comment was after you storm hits you, "you have to sit in your $#!+".

I was like that is strong but very good, but I was not only sitting in it I was bathing in it.

I dwelled on that statement for weeks. Over the past two months I have backed off social media posting 

except posting pictures of me and my Grandson. I have stopped posting insulting memes. 

I no longer want to poke the bear or be triggered. it just has to stop.

Always remember that Mark Zuckerburg started Facebook out of hate and rage because his girlfriend cheated on him

This country has never been so divided, and what's to blame? abuse of social media? who knows.

Over the years we have become more free to express our opinions freely with blogs and social media sites. 

When we have a long time friend and insist they must have the same opinion as I 

do when they post something that I disagree with? . We don't have to have a book deal to get our 

thoughts out there, We can post without thinking and sometimes when we fight on Facebook 

we are not looking at the people it affects in the face and the same for that person. 

Back before social media we were much more balanced as a people, 

yes there was still left vs right but it was more civil. The problem is I have known this for a long time 

but ignored the thought, but the more I hugged my grandchild and thought of the world we live in, 

I thought I can do better. Yes my Grandson mellowed me. There is more to the story I will post later but not yet.

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