Love...Actually

Love, having no geography, has no boundaries. - Truman Capote

*This blog is rated PG14*

Just to be clear, I have no dilusions of grandeur on here. I can preach to the choir all day long, but John Lennon wrote "Imagine" and it didn't really make a difference in the world. 

Apparently I'm supposed to ignore this but these are a few of the comments I've been getting lately (this week), on a previous very comment-friendly environment:

This must be one of the shittiest blogs I've ever read in my entire life, written by a shallow, whining, attention seeking charlatan. (Me: I spell checked that sentence for you, dumb dumb.)
Someone can't handle the truth. 
What a nasty little worm you must be. 
"Unable to blog anything but boring piffle".
"Has an undeservedly high opinion of herself.".
This blog is rubbish. Shit. 
Yawn. Crappy blog. No one gives a shit. 
Have a nice and deceitful life. 
This blog is shit. 
Yawn. Boo. Stupid cunt face.

I have to admit, it was starting to get to me, but the "stupid cunt face" comment just made me laugh. Obviously y'all are running out of insults. And all of your accusations about how I can't handle the truth and I'm hiding your insults from being posted on my blog? It's my blog. And there ya go. All your insults are now documented for the record. 

Another comment was attacking my decision to re-connect with my mom and sister. They were like, they don't need you, you're doing this for yourself. 

I get where you're coming from. They totally shunned me for years and it almost killed me. And I honestly don't know if they need me. But they are both unwell. My sister called me at work today, probably for the first time in over four years. She'd had a bad time of it at the doctors. So I met up with her. She'd been crying. 

I come from an Irish background, east coast upbringing. Yah, we all fight in the family. We're bad at hiding our emotions. But try to go up against the family? And we're all coming after you together. 

Love, compassion, forgiveness. Life is NOT fair for most of us. But what you're gaining from being an asshole and spitting that negativity into the Universe? I don't know. There are a few things: child abuse, rape, murder that I believe are completely unforgivable. The rest? It's just us being imperfect people trying to do our best and failing sometimes. 

I will not change my values, based on a few haters who think hate is the answer. Love is the answer. You don't have to drink the Kool-Aid, but just know, I love the fact that although you pretend to hate me, you seem secretly obsessed and are always the first person to read and comment on me. If you hated me, you'd probably have given that up by now. Hoping you find a way to be happy someday. In the meantime, I'm very, very happy. :)

Sullivan out.