For the sake of harmony, I could let go of…
What could you let go of, for the sake of harmony?
1. Explaining every single post like I’m tutoring a classroom of confused toddlers.
2. Caring whether strangers on Facebook think I’m “right”; when half of them still think Lake Taupō is a private pool.
3. Getting threatened for asking questions that literally anyone with a brain should be asking.
4. Talking about council drama in the rain when my assignment is sitting untouched, wilting like my front garden.
5. Getting mad at my 7-year-old for not telling me things… even though I literally ask 15 times a day.
6. Listening to my 15-year-old info dump every single Sonic lore detail at 10 pm. while pretending I’m not dying inside.
7. All the weeds. In my garden. In my inbox. In the comment section.
8. The people who say “you should be quiet” just because they’re uncomfortable.
9. Oh; and the actual death threats. Apparently, truth is more dangerous than corruption.
But honestly?
I don’t think I need to let go of the fight
I just need to stop dragging the dead weight of everyone else’s opinions behind me.
I’m not here for their comfort.
I’m here for truth, healing, and a garden that doesn’t look like a metaphor for burnout.
And Jesus?
He’s still the one walking with me through it all.
Even when I’m tired.
Even when I’m sarcastic.
Even when my eyes break up from all the stress
Even when I have to hit “pause” and just go make my kid a sandwich.
People do have a right to their opinion; but come on: death threats and gaslighting? That’s not OK.
It’s fine to disagree.
But throwing a bus at me because I “read the documents wrong” after I literally got people from all walks of life to check them too; is just lazy and cruel.
This isn’t about being right.
It’s about being honest.
That’s what I would let go of.
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