Note to Myself # 2 2017

I have a problem.

Even when people are obnoxious and rude to me,

I'm polite, even if I'm seething inside.

I don't call them out on their behavior, 

even if it makes me cringe.

In those situations,

I'm too damn nice.

It's that "if you can't say something nice"

mentality urged by Thumper's mother.

Except when someone is rude or obnoxious

to someone else. . . .

then look out.

I learned early that it wasn't okay

to stand up for myself

but admirable, even,

to stand up for the outcast

or picked-upon.

Maybe that's why I became a (nice) lawyer.