Things I don't have to think about today....
19-10-2010, 21:53
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Things I don't have to think about today....
I found this piece on one of my favourite author's blogs - I would like to share it with you (he has given permission for it to be re-posted in full).
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Today I don’t have to think about those who hear “terrorist” when I speak my faith.
Today I don’t have to think about men who don’t believe no means no.
Today I don’t have to think about how the world is made for people who move differently than I do.
Today I don’t have to think about whether I’m married, depending on what country I’m in.
Today I don’t have to think about how I’m going to hail a cab past midnight.
Today I don’t have to think about whether store security is tailing me.
Today I don’t have to think about the look on the face of the person about to sit next to me on a plane.
Today I don’t have to think about eyes going to my chest first.
Today I don’t have to think about what people might think if they knew the medicines I took.
Today I don’t have to think about getting kicked out of a mall when I kiss my beloved hello.
Today I don’t have to think about if it’s safe to hold my beloved’s hand.
Today I don’t have to think about whether I’m being pulled over for anything other than speeding.
Today I don’t have to think about being classified as one of “those people.”
Today I don’t have to think about making less than someone else for the same job at the same place.
Today I don’t have to think about the people who stare, or the people who pretend I don’t exist.
Today I don’t have to think about managing pain that never goes away.
Today I don’t have to think about whether a stranger’s opinion of me would change if I showed them a picture of who I love.
Today I don’t have to think about the chance a store salesmen will ignore me to help someone else.
Today I don’t have to think about the people who’d consider torching my house of prayer a patriotic act.
Today I don’t have to think about a pharmacist telling me his conscience keeps him from filling my prescription.
Today I don’t have to think about being asked if I’m bleeding when I’m just having a bad day.
Today I don’t have to think about whether the one drug that lets me live my life will be taken off the market.
Today I don’t have to think about the odds of getting jumped at the bar I like to go to.
Today I don’t have to think about turning on the news to see people planning to burn my holy book.
Today I don’t have to think about others demanding I apologize for hateful people who have nothing to do with me.
Today I don’t have to think about my child being seen as a detriment to my career.
Today I don’t have to think about the irony of people thinking I’m lucky because I can park close to the door.
Today I don’t have to think about memories of being bullied in high school.
Today I don’t have to think about being told to relax, it was just a joke.
Today I don’t have to think about whether someone thinks I’m in this country illegally.
Today I don’t have to think about those who believe that freedom of religion ends with mine.
Today I don’t have to think about how a half-starved 23-year-old being a cultural ideal affects my life.
Today I don’t have to think about how much my life is circumscribed by my body.
Today I don’t have to think about people wanting me cured of loving who I love.
Today I don’t have to think about those who view me an unfit parent because of who I love.
Today I don’t have to think about being told my kind don’t assimilate.
Today I don’t have to think about people blind to the intolerance of their belief lecturing me about my own.
Today I don’t have to think about my body as a political football.
Today I don’t have to think about how much my own needs wear on those I love.
Today I don’t have to think about explaining to others “what happened to me.”
Today I don’t have to think about politicians saying bigoted things about me to win votes.
Today I don’t have to think about those worried that one day people like me will be the majority.
Today I don’t have to think about someone using the name of my religion as a slur.
Today I don’t have to think about so many of the words for me controlling my own life being negatives.
Today I don’t have to think about still not being equal.
Today I don’t have to think about what it takes to keep going.
Today I don’t have to think about how much I still have to hide.
Today I don’t have to think about how much prejudice keeps hold.
Today I don’t have to think about how I’m meant to be grateful that people tolerate my kind.
Today I don’t have to think about all the things I don’t have to think about.
But today I will.
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19-10-2010, 23:13
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Re: Things I don't have to think about today....
Is there such a thing as thinking too much?
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19-10-2010, 23:20
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Re: Things I don't have to think about today....
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Originally Posted by Tuftus
Is there such a thing as thinking too much?
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You're overthinking it 
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19-10-2010, 23:21
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Re: Things I don't have to think about today....
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Is there such a thing as thinking too much?
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Maybe, but it's far less common than those who think too little unfortunately.
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19-10-2010, 23:22
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Re: Things I don't have to think about today....
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Maybe, but it's far less common than those who think too little unfortunately.
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That was actually my point, i think.
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20-10-2010, 08:18
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Re: Things I don't have to think about today....
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Originally Posted by Hugh
... I would like to share it with you (he has given permission for it to be re-posted in full).
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Thaks Hugh, for making me think about those things. What is the expression? If you could walk a mile in another person's shoes...
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20-10-2010, 09:26
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Re: Things I don't have to think about today....
Does he think it belongs in Current Affairs and not Lifestyle?
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20-10-2010, 09:30
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Re: Things I don't have to think about today....
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Does he think it belongs in Current Affairs and not Lifestyle?
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Being Mr Mod today?
Seems to be in the right place because it is about people who are frequently targets in Current Affairs.. 
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20-10-2010, 09:40
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Re: Things I don't have to think about today....
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Thaks Hugh, for making me think about those things. What is the expression? If you could walk a mile in another person's shoes...
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you'd be a mile away from them, and have their shoes?
Very good post Hugh 
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20-10-2010, 09:45
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Re: Things I don't have to think about today....
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Originally Posted by Maggy J
Seems to be in the right place because it is about people who are frequently targets in Current Affairs.. |
Oh, ok.
Today I don't have to think about it, then 
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20-10-2010, 09:49
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Re: Things I don't have to think about today....
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Does he think it belongs in Current Affairs and not Lifestyle?
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I don't believe it belongs in "Current Affairs", as the things mentioned are very rarely "lifestyle choices".
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Oh, ok.
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Quod Erat Demonstrandum...... 
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20-10-2010, 09:52
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Re: Things I don't have to think about today....
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I don't believe it belongs in "Current Affairs", as the things mentioned are very rarely "lifestyle choices".
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Ok?
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20-10-2010, 09:59
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Re: Things I don't have to think about today....
Why the ?
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20-10-2010, 10:02
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Re: Things I don't have to think about today....
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Because you were agreeing with me?
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20-10-2010, 10:04
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Re: Things I don't have to think about today....
And yet again we disappear down the rabbit hole.. 
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