where does that line get drawn?

Saw this, it got me to pause and think a bit. Maybe it is because I haven't had lunch, have been sitting talking in a dark room helping people understand how to use a confocal for three hours, and I see this first thing...

but this gave me pause...

As in, this is true I suppose, why gloss over the stories of how you were hurt by others?

Unless maybe you are trying to leave it behind, or are waiting it out, waiting for the story to move into the history pages not the current events, waiting for the emotional filter to lift so you can tell that story with better perspective? But then, isn't that filter true for the time and perhaps once it has been removed the story changes? Perhaps...

But hey, that's just some random typewriter-esque quote that gets people thinking. Yes, how you interact with people will shape how they tell stories of you and your interaction. This is an awesome quote in that you can see it in so many ways. Probably obvious eh? The literal one suggesting not to hold back the stories that may strike a blow to someone character because they were not very nice to you, or maybe to think about being nice to everyone so they can't write mean nasty stories about you. But then what seems to be something you to do protect someone else, or be nice to them or do what you think is best for them can just not be, can be the opposite or can be lost in translation, painful memories only due to lack of clear communication, lack of sharing your story.

science is changing, that Telescope documentary highlights it quite well. Deliberately I suppose. Small anecdote would be Einstein changing his theory based on what Hubble discovered. New informtation should be able to change an opinion objectively, even in subjective and sensitive matters, no? It should. But it doesn't always.

But science... who said this? Who to attribute the quote to:

Okay, cool... where was it said:

You own everything that happened to you. Tell your stories. If people wanted you to write warmly about them, they should've behaved better.

— ANNE LAMOTT (@ANNELAMOTT) April 24, 2012

Twitter. Of course.

But actually it is just short enough to fit on twitter. It is from her book. Because books. No haven't read her book.

And no, while i will always strive to be honest, I may not tell all my stories... but I will own then, and hold on to them and maybe write them when it feels like the right time.

Now?

Now I'm going to eat lunch.

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