Compassion

Compassion hurts, but that’s okay

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Snark

Recently I’ve realized how tired I am of the snark. Snark – from snarky – meaning criticism or cutting remarks. It’s everywhere, on Facebook, online forums, comment sections and in real life in work meetings even, though I’m not proud of it, in the snide comments we make to our co-workers about others. It permeates our internal dialogue and, eventually, it will come out in our interactions. We think we’re funny or clever, but really we’re mean and biting.

It’s easy to get caught up in being critical of each other, especially if it’s couched as “humor”. But lately I’ve found myself being dragged down by it; I don’t want to live in that negative place, I don’t want to be the person who hurts someone else that way. Because, honestly, it’s no different from what we did in middle school and it hurt then and it hurts now.

Don’t get me wrong, I’m no saint. I’m not saying I’m not negative or that I don’t get frustrated with life or colleagues or family. My goal is to not contribute to the snark. To walk away from it when I can. To deflect it if possible. To protect my Heart.

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