Maybe it's my age and maybe it's my over-exposure to media, social and otherwise, but whatever it is, I'm getting crankier by the minute. Sure, Republicans in general and the Tea Party in particular make me want to scream and hurl epithets and f-bombs at them but what's the point of me working myself into such an apoplectic state? Who am I hurting? Surely not those Social Darwinist, Ayn Rand-worshipping scum...but I digress. Those on the Right, curiously enough, are sure that they're right and I'm sure not going to convince them they're not (even though they're not.)
So for the next 38 days (I started late) I'm not going to let them bother me. I'm going to avoid reading inflammatory op-eds from both sides of the political spectrum. I am ignoring Twitter and Facebook posts that only elevate my blood pressure--again, regardless of political stripe. I am going to follow the middle way--which I am defining as not letting anyone push my buttons. Of course, the easiest thing for me to do would be to turn off all social media for the next month but that would be as difficult as giving up wine and I don't want to set myself up for failure.
Sure, my eye might twitch when I hear the words "Wisconsin" or "Koch Brothers" or "Palin" but you're not going to see me fire off some outraged Tweet or "like" some Facebook post about Michael Moore. (I should probably stop watching "The Daily Show" because satire is tough to ignore and nobody can push my buttons like they can.)
I would appreciate everyone's help in my Lenten endeavor. Please don't try to rile me up or say any of the above words until April 25. I will be as sweet as pie to everyone, even filthy, rat-faced...whoops, almost lost it there for a second. May the peace of Christ be with you always but especially during this glorious Lenten season.
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