I've created this to allow me to write musings and practice philosophizing.

I recently had an emotionally exhilarating experience while attending a gathering out of town.  I told someone how I really feel about them without having to, but just because I thought it was a good thing to do. 

You know, around eight years old, we learn to sort out when to speak our minds and when not to.  Then there are years of getting ahead in school where we need to learn to tell the teachers what they need to hear in order for us to get the recognition we want.  We want the grade, so we tell the teacher what they've told us they want to be told.  Then we master the task with our jobs in early years.  All this talk that is conforming to expectations really stifles one's feelings.

We tell our religious leaders what they have trained us to say too.  We don't really deceive.  We are just trained to say the things we are supposed to say.  And following rules keeps us from having to think so hard when deciding what to say.

Bosses make us experts.  And for business leaders, even our customers put us in a position where it is just too tempting to say the things we are expected to say.

Well I got a chance to say something I really wanted to say and it really felt good.  And I'm not even dying!  I'm not in a twelve step program either. 

Of course, I'm beyond classrooms and workplaces too.  I'm learning to just be myself I guess.

I hope that everyone gets a chance, from time to time, to say exactly what they want.  I've been euphoric.