Rage
"I will not have my life narrowed down. I will not bow down to somebody's else's whim or to someone else's ignorance" bell hooks Yesterday, I was reminded what rage looks and feels like. Especially when that rage is focused on you. When it is focused on me. It reminds me that I am still considered less than despite how I walk through this life. No matter how much I have accomplished and no matter how much education I have attained. And let me tell you, it is exhausting to remain composed in the face of unadulterated and unprovoked rage. Especially when it is completely illogical or even worse unhinged. So I was asked to check on my car, because it may have been hit. How kind, was my initial thought. I went outside. I checked and it was okay. Then the adjacent anger spewed out. That is when I realized that I was not asked to come outside because of kind generous concern. I was asked to come out so that I could be verbally attacked. And no, neither of them looked l...