Fierce, Free, and Full of Fire

Often the notion that something is rigid indicates a lack of imagination. It may also be a defense mechanism to the suspected reactions of others.

Okay, fine. If you are going to respond to negative comments online, if they get a big say in how you feel or create in the future, if you are giving them a front-row seat to your life, then I insist you also respond to every single positive comment to gauge the actual balance.”

We no longer avoid seeing or telling the truth in order to “keep the peace,” which is, as Martin Luther King, Jr. wrote, a negative peace which is no peace at all

are not just a commodity for someone else’s bottom line. You are not a utilitarian tool to be used and discarded. You are not dumb. You are not a problem. You are not inferior. You are not too much.