I like everything.
Well, that’s not quite fair. I’m interested in everything. There are plenty of things I dislike, but I still want to know about them. When I started AlisonAllOver.com, I was motivated by the overwhelming urge to share information I felt needed to be shared. Information I felt had been overlooked, somehow. In some instances, it’s less “information” than “opinion,” but the motive is the same.
I think a lot about how my life-mentors would see or present things. There are countless people I look up to, especially in my immediate vicinity. My parents are all incredible people with widely varying views on things. My mother and father are the two people I go to first for deep conversations, and the two people most likely to give me differing thoughts. My high school art teacher was a hippie, with a strong moral compass and a laid-back attitude. My college journalism instructor is probably the most well-read, well-informed, experienced individual I have ever met; the woman is an absolute font of information and a perfect example of what it looks like to present unbiased facts.
All of these people (and a few more) are a part of every post I write. In fact, they’re a part of most of my thought processes. They’re all a part of my own moral compass, each of them a couple degrees off from the next, all of them pointing in a slightly different direction, but all of them showing me where to find what’s “right.” I’d like to live up to these high examples of humanity, because I think they’re pretty damn great.
If you’re reading my posts, here’s what I want you to know about me:
- I tried to find the facts, but if I was wrong about something, I’d like to know.
- I might not know how I feel about this, but I feel something, very strongly.
- I want you to feel something, too.
- I am trying to remember that each one of us has baggage to carry, and that I can’t know what yours feels like.
- I’d like to point out that we are all sharing this chunk of dirt, and it’s gonna get ugly if we don’t all remember that.
Oh my! You just brought tears to my eyes 🙂 But tell me, why do so many students think I’m a hippie?
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Probably because “beatnik” was too far before our time to be in our vocabulary. 😛
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My baggage is Samsonite. It feels like leather and 50’s era plastic fused together.
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