Tuesday: Time to Awaken the Sleeping Muse

Whining is not only graceless, but can be dangerous. It can alert a brute that a victim is in the neighborhood.
-- Maya Angelou

There is something that seems healing about sharing one's problems. In fact, some lists on the internet truly love to hear of misery, unhappiness and problems. This does have some merit but it can also become a habit that is hard to break for the listener and the complainer.


I truly believe that 90 percent of the people who walk around in our cyber world are kind and good intentioned on the surface at least. There are 10 percent that are just down right nasty and cruel. Then I guess there are about 20 or 30 percent that think that they are kind but get a real thrill out of hearing about someone suffering. As we interact with others on the net we need to be aware if we are being kind or if we are thrill seeking by watching the suffering of another. And those of use who truly are suffering must be careful that we do not fall victims to those who would have us continue to wallow in our misery so that they can believe in some way or another that they are better than us.

Writers beware. You never know what evil lurks behind that computer just down the cyber-highway.