I saw the light.

It is very likely that I am one of the most passionate people you'll ever meet. 

Within itself, that is a blessing and a curse; whatever you make it out to be.

For the majority of my life, I have chosen to make it a curse. It has always been 'Kayla and her big mouth', 'Kayla and her unwanted opinions', 'Kayla is being a drama queen... again' 

I mean, day after day, it was always something new with me. I say 'was' very lightly, since I'm basically talking about just yesterday ;) 

When I am passionate about something, there is NO stopping me. I say things I don't mean, I won't stop until I get my point across or until the responder (enabler) stops responding. Which means, conversations (in my case, arguing) would go on for HOURS. People would say things I didn't like and it would make my blood boil. I could feel my heart beating out of my chest. I want to strangle whomever I'm talking to, to make them SEE THE LIGHT! 

Then someone VERY important to me said this;

"Dont be offended.. but I believe you are pushing your parenting views onto people who don't really care. I understand you feel that way and that is awesome, but maybe you are heading a tad overboard with presenting to other people".

Chicka WHAAAAT? Maybe it was ME who needed to see the light. Why, in God's name, do I care about what other people are doing, how they are parenting, how they are living? Even if I did care, why do I feel the need to tell them, when they really don't care, whether I do or not?! 

Seriously people. If you want to leave your little bits of information to someone who may have views that are different than yours, go ahead! If they don't like it, leave the conversation. Staying and arguing, or even conversing, isn't going to change their mind; but, if you kindly leave a bit of information that they may have never seen before and don't say another word, it could plant a seed.. (or it couldn't but lets be positive, here!)

Open your eyes, fighters! Stop fighting. You may be pushing people away around you without even realizing it... until they're all gone. Stop while you're ahead. 

xox.