"Don't flatter yourself that friendship authorizes you to say disagreeable things to your intimates. The nearer you come into relation with a person , the more necessary do tact and courtesy become." -Oliver Wendell HolmesI am grateful for various creatures letting me intrude briefly into their lives to photograph them. But at any given moment things could get nasty. Just like today photographing these wasps. They were patient for a second, but then they gave me a warning to get away. I decided it was a good idea to leave them be. So this is just a little something for today that's been on my mind lately, and certainly applies to a few people I know.
Learn to pick your battles. Being honest is usually a good, general quality. Needing to say how YOU feel isn't always. Show a little tact and a little more restraint. You can say what you think and not convert everyone in the room and still be ok. Your job shouldn't be to make everyone your clone. There is honor, sometimes, in shutting the hell up. Even when you are "right." Try to remember next time you are being "honest" that tact and empathy could be more important.
Until tomorrow....
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