In search of Compassion

[piasharn]

My head hurts.

I just can't seem to get any answers out of some people, and it's starting to irritate me. (Truth be told, the entire thread is irritating me, but I knew all too well what I was getting into when I first got involved.) I feel like I'm beating a dead horse, even though it's a different person who starts this discussion every time it pops up. Even so, I end up saying the same things over and over, and it rarely seems to get through.

Still, did you honestly expect me to keep quiet on a topic titled "Why homosexuality etc. is wrong"?

Didn't think so ^^;;;

On the comforting side, most of the people involved have been very open-minded and accepting, and orchydconstyne (amoung others) has been tossing out some great facts and statistics. It's those few morons that just don't get it.

See, this is one of those areas (of self improvement) that I really need to work on. Oh, not my research and arguments. I've got those down fine. It's my attitude and how I come across. I'm afraid that I'm too harsh, and it turns people away. I still have a lot to learn about compassion. (It's easy to show it to those who agree with you, it's how you treat those who don't that is the true test.)

So I think it's time to light some inscence, pull out some books by the Dalai Lama and meditate on them for a while. I'm letting anger and frustration cloud my vision, which ends up doing more harm than good.

(No one said pacifism was easy.)

I need to release the anger without losing the passion. Part of it is that I'm just tired from working all week with little sleep, but I can't allow myself to use that as an excuse. I need to learn how to keep this subject from getting under my skin. I can't do any good, to myself or others, while in that state.

I have a long way to go before I can become the person I want to be.

Comments

[citizenjess.livejournal.com]

For what it's worth, your points are always well-articulated and researched, which I think is largely why people don't have anything to say to them. They really can't back up the accusations they've made, especially when it concerns something like homosexuality, when they're up against that. But I agree, the fact that that sort of thing keeps cropping up is disconcerting.

[piasharn.livejournal.com]

That's what I've tried to tell myself, but it's still a frustrating situation. Especially since I don't just want to educate people, I want to understand them. I can't do that, though, when they fail to elaborate on their beliefs.

In some ways, I'm glad that the subject keeps popping up. It gives me a chance to get the truth out to more people, and reinforce it in those who have heard it before. If it was the same person constantly starting up the subject, then I'd worry.