Observing life situations has helped in my writing and ideas. That doesn’t indicate that if I meet your acquaintance you’ll end up in my writing. Actually, I write about events and situations. I don’t put names unless my article is encouraging and I have permission.
Writing prompts can often help us to create a story. My following story is not a writing prompt but a short story. Perhaps it will help you create a story in your own life. Enjoy my short story. No judgement here, just something to think about when dealing with human natures and behaviors.
Aunt Mary and uncle Joe visit for your birthday. Aunt Mary has always been good to you and she always has a compliment and delicious cookies for you when she visits. You delight in aunt Mary’s visits.
It is present opening time. You're given a box from aunt Mary and uncle Joe. You unwrap the package, pull off the box, pull those thin papers apart, and unveil a sweater. Aunt Marys face is beaming with joy and pride as you take a good look at this brand new sweater. You fake a pleasing surprised smile because in your mind you are thinking to yourself, “This is the ugliest sweater I have ever laid my eyes on!” You continue in thought to yourself, “I wouldn’t be caught dead in this ugly thing!”
🤔Do you lie or tell the truth?
If your aunt Mary is healthy in mind and emotions, perhaps you can let her know how you really feel about this sweater, and she’ll be thankful for your honesty and ask you to give her a list of what you like as far as apparel and decor.
However, if your aunt Mary is not healthy in mind and emotions, and you let her know this is the ugliest sweater You have ever seen, prepare for the lashing of words from aunt Mary and uncle Joe. Your calm warm loving birthday party is about to turn into National Lampoons Vacation meets One Flew Over The Cuckoo’s Nest!
This message is something to thing about. We are human beings, we have faults. We are not perfect. We do the best we are able to do and hope for results that are beneficial and optimistic. No condemnation or moral lectures here. I write this as something to think about to one’s self as I often do.
Will your writing offend someone or please them? It depends on what you are writing and what state that person’s mind and emotions are in. If you write with the intention of entertaining and sharing your creativity with your audience without slander, you should be ok. But you don’t know who your audience is, personally that is. You may run the risk of offending someone you know who thinks you are talking about them in your story. If that becomes your situation, you cannot control the emotional and mental state of mind of people.
If someone is offended by your writing, there may be nothing you can say to convince otherwise. You may offer an apology to that person to be kind to a fellow human being, that’s your call. I don’t know what the situation is. I do want you to always keep this in mind about your writing hobby-pursuit, let there be no regrets in your life about writing your thoughts. Writing has helped me to be mentally and emotional well, I think before I write and I try my best to encourage as well as entertain. I have not written one sentence in my writing that I have regretted. I would greatly regret not writing at all.
Roger J Lown Jr
Writer Author
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