So....I'm behind

I know, I know, I am already behind on my secrets series. I don't have as much time to blog now that the girls are home all day! Plus, it's been too nice outside to sit in front of the computer. I am going to try to get caught up tomorrow though!

On that note, there is something that I have been thinking about a lot lately and I am feeling the need to get it out. I used to believe strongly that people are inherently good, but lately......I don't know. I don't feel as strongly about this. I am just seeing so much hate in the world and I am disturbed by how horribly people treat and talk about others. What ever happened to the idea that we should, "treat others as you would want to be treated"?

Don't get me wrong, I am not innocent in this, I know that I am not. However, I do my very best to be nice to people, to accept other people for who they are, and to love and like people to the best of my ability. Sometimes I fail at this, but when I fail I promise myself to try to do better.

Part of the reason that I bring all of this up is that I've been participating in an on-line discussion about homosexual marriage. In this thread some people have blamed homosexuals for everything from the demise of the American family to rising insurance rates, and at least one person referred to homosexuals as making him "nauseous". I mean, come on people! Homosexuals are human beings! How can anyone say such nasty things about a group of people who you know nothing about? My brother is gay and if anyone thinks that my dear brother is part of the reason for the demise of the American family or if you think my brother is nauseous simply because he is gay I'd like to give you a big "fuck you".

Oops, there, I have failed at being nice. It is pretty difficult to be nice to people who behave in such disgusting ways and whom judge others when they themselves are not perfect or without sin. (I don't believe that homosexuality is a sin, but you know what I mean.)

Now that I have that out of my system though I will vow, or at least vow to try, to be as good and nice and understanding as I can possibly be. I'm not perfect though and I am sure I will make mistakes in this effort, but at least I have enough self awareness that I can realize when I have failed, rather than resorting to blaming others for problems that I myself helped create.