Can you Tell Your Story Without Hurting Someone's Feelings?
My husband asked me a question today. He wanted to know, which is more important: avoiding hurting people's feelings or blogging your truth? I thought about it. People are always the most important . But we're not really talking about blogging being more important than people here, in my opinion. We're talking about being able to express how I really think and feel. And not saying your thoughts and feelings to avoid the possibility that others might misunderstand is not exclusive to blogging: I wouldn't be able to say my thoughts and feelings in-person, in email, or on the phone either. I think the question is "which is more important, talking about your feelings or not talking about your feelings so that no one else could possibly misinterpret it and have their feelings hurt?" Is being honest not important? There may come a time when I blog something that might unintentionally hurt someone's feelings. My experience being bulli...