Before You Go Off The Deep End, Make Sure There’s Some Water In The Pool!

I’m an Aries. “So what?” you may ask, with a resoundingly loud yawn! I make this rather unoriginal statement in the hope that this “fact” will help to excuse the stray message or ill-advised e-mail I may at some point have tossed out to you, willy-nilly and without the benefit of at least a cursory, OBJECTIVE and preliminary proofreading at my end! (By the way, the operative word here is “objective” since, prior to foisting an unsolicited message on the unsuspecting object of your communiqué – especially if that “object” happens to be a complete stranger – it’s always a good idea to re-read the intended message from a third-person viewpoint before hitting SEND!)

I make this statement with slightly crimson-faced embarrassment since I, the “Aries” (”impetuosity” being one of my more “flattering” characteristics), have been known to blabber on and on about something (possibly a subject I’m not even well versed on), pat myself on the back, and give my hastily composed message the old heave-ho into the ETHER! [“Woohoo, there ya go! Into the vast unknown!!”] Then, about a nanosecond later, I reread my message and I’m left writhing in a state of abject humiliation, but of course, I’m now unable to UN-SEND it!

I subsequently make painful, self-castigating assumptions of what I believe to be the probable, gruesome consequence of my actions: to wit, I have created the impression of being a complete TWIT! Of course, more probably, the “object” of my communication has given my MESSAGE a cursory scan, prior to hitting “DELETE” and going on to more interesting endeavors!

So, on the rather remote chance that anyone now reading this BLOG may actually have been on the receiving end of one of my brilliantly impetuous messages, I could grovel and beg your absolution and/or forgiveness – and hopefully, we all learn from our mistakes. Unfortunately, I’m a slow learner and there’s a very good chance I may do this again!

Bottom line, I said what I said, and good or bad, this is who I am. We all make mistakes so get over it! (But, please, if you have it in your heart, perhaps you will one day forgive me and grant me your absolution?)

With groveling humility, I remain,

Sheepishly yours