On Being Done

I am done. Done arguing and debating. Done with politics. Done with toxic people. Done with mean people. Done with accusers and haters and self-righteous adjudicators. Done with Monday morning quarterbacks. I want to go to bed early. I want to read in bed until my eyelids grow heavy. The only people I want to engage with are people who have kind hearts who are not fixated on forcing their ideas down my throat, ridiculing my ideas, and accusing me of being dishonest, while expecting me to want to discuss anything with them. The lack of respect, courtesy and simple human kindness is appalling. People have a right to be upset, they have a right to be angry, but they don't have a right to spew their venom on total strangers just so they can feel better about themselves. Social media was said to have been established to bring people together, to form community, and still has the potential to do that, but more often than not it seems to function as a dumping ground for whoever has a bone to pick with anyone about anything, a place to vent and wring out their hearts like a dirty dishrag at my feet just for spite. I am not the enemy. You are not the enemy. Flesh and blood is not the enemy. The enemy is a spiritual force, and I'm not even going to go into that. Everyone can look this up. You can find out all you need to know about who the enemy is in the best-selling book of all time according to the Guinness World Records. There's quite a lot in that book that we all can benefit by. But I'm not here to pound people over the head. I don't even feel the need to say anything more than what I have already said tonight. I'm tired. I've been cooped up for three days, didn't even get dressed; it was in the single digits above zero and about 10 degrees below zero wind chill. No school yesterday. Today I went to work and we had a heat wave. The temperature got up to about 21 above zero. Felt great. No one should have to go to their Facebook and see a lot of people trying to pick a fight with them because they shared something in response to something that didn't resonate with someone else's opinion about a particular news item. Not in the mood. I am going to try very hard to stay out of arguments about any news stories unless I feel the absolute call of God to insert myself into anything like that. People are too nasty and cruel and mean-spirited who go on Facebook and laugh at serious comments, accuse, insult, blame and ridicule others. That is just not the way to be a person of integrity. I know it's tempting. Political cartoons have been around for a long time, political hostility too, I'm sure, but it is so counterproductive. And with the Internet and smart devices and all the rest of it I am sure the best of us are addicted to some degree. But tonight I am done. I want to be a peacemaker, not a warrior. I can do my warring on my knees. I wish everyone a good night, a peaceful heart, that you have a long and healthy life, and that you find peace with God.