The Vent

I remember when we used to get the AJC, there was a section called The Vent.  You could call their hotline, leave your vent and then you could be published in the paper... complaining, but published... Now days, if The Vent still exists, I am sure you can text your vent, email it, or better yet... just vent on facebook, twitter, or your own blog... hmmmm... well let's get to venting...

"friends"... you know the ones... that are all needy.  never call you unless they need your advice, because like, I am a psychologist in my side job.  The kind that you worry about for a while, send messages to, never get a reply until you are in a good mood and they find you on facebook... then they proceed to suck the fun out of your night and the life out of you.

ex's... they are not in your future for a reason... forget the past...

suck ups... good grief, I cannot stand brown nosers... just do the work, be respectful, and have integrity.  God still loves you with crap on your nose, but people around you can smell you coming.

bill collectors... leave me alone... I am not Marshall somebody... I just happen to have his old cell number.

prideful people... "come look at this picture of me... isn't it awful?"  what if I said, "yes it is"?  Oh my goodness, this (insert whatever they are working on) is so hard... Oh you mean, you are so awesome that is why you get to do it?  I could go on for a lifetime on this one... let's not forget... primadonna ballerinas..

Pets... why does the dog ask to go out, drag you around forever so she can sniff everywhere, then she doesn't do her business?  Any reason the cat has those silent hairballs at night and manages to throw them up right where you will step on it first thing in the morning?  

Complainers... somewhere in the whiner family, but now I am talking about myself and don't want to be prideful.

There, I vented some... not sure if I feel better or not, but could laugh at myself b/c no one reads my blog anyway... I can get a grip on my own reality, thank the good Lord that He will forgive me after I ask and He still loves me.  I do have the best friends in the world and none of them fit into any of these categories.  =)


Update (2017).  I wrote this forever ago!  ha ha... just a bit of backstory... this was the year my mom passed away (3 months before this post).  I would say I was in the angry phase.  This is pretty tame though as it's an angry for me phase.   Now one of my life goals is the be a positive influence and spread joy.  I would give my 7 years ago self some advice.  Here goes.  Your feelings are valid, but complaining doesn't help.  Instead, go to God.  Pray and ask Him how you can be a better friend to attract stronger friends, set better boundaries and life suckers will eventually go away, love yourself more and your joy will be contagious, and ask the Holy Spirit how to respond better to life's negative situations.  And... remember Sarcasm might be fun, but sometimes it can cross the line into negativity and it isn't always funny.  Sarcasm can get mean so just don't participate.