Protect your karma
"Insist on yourself; never imitate." – Ralph Waldo Emerson
My dear friends,
It has come to my attention that large portions of essays from 37days have made their way onto other sites in this wonderful blogosphere we all call home, not as if the blog authors were quoting 37days, but as if they had, indeed, written the essays themselves.
Much like the planet Earth, living in this WebWorld will be infinitely more tolerable–and, perhaps, even more meaningful–if we all follow Emerson’s advice and insist on ourselves, write from our own heart, tell our own stories. Isn’t that where the learning is, both for us and others?
So, for those who have felt a lack of self-ness such that it has driven you to take words from my heart to your blog, I’m sorry that you’re in such an arid place in life; I hope for better things for you and would simply ask you to please rethink the impact on your karma.
As my most fabulous fourth grade teacher, Mrs. Smith, once said to me when I whispered an answer on a test to a little freckle-faced boy on whom I had a crush, "is it worth it?"
Let’s each speak our own truth. Life will be simpler and kinder and infinitely more interesting then.
Love, Patti
