{"id":2121,"date":"2014-10-26T17:13:34","date_gmt":"2014-10-26T21:13:34","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.ordinarylegacy.com\/word\/?p=2121"},"modified":"2014-10-26T17:13:34","modified_gmt":"2014-10-26T21:13:34","slug":"and-whatever","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ordinarylegacy.com\/word\/2014\/10\/26\/and-whatever\/","title":{"rendered":"And Whatever"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"Yes<\/a><\/p>\n

God knows I love a good rant. A good rant is spewed from righteous indignation, full of snappy repartee, hard to argue points, and substance. It\u2019s fast, almost impossible to interrupt and it can have you standing on your feet if you agree, or slinking away if you\u2019ve been proven wrong.\u00a0\u00a0 Think Aaron Sorkin<\/a>, who can spin several different political points of view into one oh yeah we can all agree on that tiny thing. Think George Carlin<\/a>, linguist extraordinaire going off about his post-modern manhood. Think Anne LaMotte who I call the world\u2019s most amazing spiritual rantist. She has a way of looking at things<\/a> that transcends the conventional but gets us all on the same page. Rantist is not yet a word, I\u2019m working on that, there are days I truly aspire to be one\u2026 You see the common thread here? There is always one tiny thing that anyone listening can take away as their own.<\/p>\n

Unless you rant for a living it\u2019s usually a one time, get it off your chest; say what you have to say kind of thing. It\u2019s hard to repeat if it comes from way down inside and really means something. What it is NOT is bitching. Bitching is excruciatingly slow, whiney, poor me, oh this and oh that and usually someone else\u2019s fault and ends with \u201cand whatever\u201d!!!\u00a0\u00a0 I get people have something to bitch about but there\u2019s a change that could be made somewhere in there and after hearing the same bitch over and over it\u2019s enough. Just change one thing, just one, please. Then you\u2019ll have something different to bitch about or shut up already. Can you tell I\u2019ve heard more than a few of these this week?<\/p>\n

I try not to bitch because I recognize the things I\u2019m tempted to really bitch about have several very good solutions, none of which I\u2019ve gotten off my ass to implement.\u00a0\u00a0 Yet, I mean I haven\u2019t gotten off my ass to implement them yet. Right, don\u2019t want to send that down on myself blah blah into the universe. \u00a0I can assure you I don\u2019t live in a Que Sera Sera<\/a> world and that shit travels\u2026fast\u2026 Just sayin.<\/p>\n

\"NJ<\/a><\/p>\n

That doesn\u2019t mean there shouldn\u2019t be an outlet for everyone who has that \u201cthing\u201d they\u2019re stuck on. I\u2019m not sure what that outlet should be because it\u2019s personal. Mutual bitching partners? Pity parties? Racquetball? That used to work for me but my joints are long past bouncing off the walls. No it\u2019s more like a photo walk<\/a> for me now. I say I haven\u2019t found my bitch and purge outlet yet but here I am bitching and purging.<\/p>\n

If you can learn how to rant, do. It\u2019s amazing and cathartic. You don\u2019t have to do it out loud if that\u2019s not your thing. I recently met a wonderful woman who posted her rant on Facebook. Just the other day I made an alternate response to an email that made me feel much better about the ridiculousness of the original request from someone who had no business speaking on behalf of\u2026.well anyone. There is a wonderful finality in the Whewwwww.<\/p>\n

You\u2019ll feel much better. I rant therefore I am\u2026Dennis Miller<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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