Unwritten Words

You might find the posts I write for this blog interesting.  You might read them and gain an insight into my life or my mind or my personality or whatever it is motivates you to read them.  You might do all that but what might interest you more is what is missing.  I'm not talking about details I omit about the specifics of my life, no, I'm talking about the posts that I write, then scrap before posting.

There are many reasons why I decide to scrap posts.  Sometimes they don't pan out the way I wanted to; sometimes I get caught up in a tangent that takes me onto another topic I'd much rather write about.  There are other reasons, but the latter here is the reason this post was written.  I had written a post that touched on something that was annoying me but as I wrote it I got side tracked and began to question why I was even wasting energy on something that's just not worth it.  So I scrapped the post, but as I did it made me realise, what you read here is edited.  What you read is what I choose to post.

You shouldn't use the posts I do publish as a guide, they're not a reliable indicator of quality or of how interesting the topics I don't publish might be; they're also not a good indicator of the level of controversy I am willing to write about.  They are however a good indicator of the things I think are worthy of talking about or topics I feel merit discussion.  The post I had written was political in nature and dealt with political propaganda on social media, but the post got quite heavy and right now the level of thought needed to devote to it is beyond the level I am willing to commit.  The energy just is not worth spending on something that, in my opinion will ultimately be wasted.

I think in life with age I have become a lot more politically aware - in that I know more of what is going on in the political world - but conversely I've also become a lot less politically engaged.  In a way I'd say I've become disillusioned with the political process as everything right now seems to be dark clouds and void of sense and sensibility.  I don't have the will to try and change that, I feel that's something to be left to those younger than I filled with more passion who believe in their cause.  I'm just not willing to devote that much energy.  I've been jaded by promises broken by politicians, by the idea that things will change and the idea that your vote makes a difference; I am not short of memory as many of the electorate who vote seem to be.  People have got incredibly short memories, that, or they has a masochistic desire to subject themselves to the worst.  The irony of this post is that people reading it from different sides of the political spectrum will relate to it and share in the countenance despite the fact I have not actually said where I stand, just that I am discontent with the status quo.  Which side of the coin you choose is not the problem, the problem is the coin.  What I want politically is a real life Daenerys Targaryen, someone who does not just want to stop the wheel they want to break it.