How many times does it need to be proved before people start to care?

[seabeyond]

29. isnt it funny, fun and interesting. maybe if more women did this and did not take the docile role

of looking down and allowing, the men would "get it". or be uncomfortable enough to think twice.

my kids did it for me. when they were babies, i refused to be hushed and talk to them quietly or not talk to them at all, out and about. so many people are so tightly contained in their space, while in public. i didnt want to teach the little ones that behavior. so, we have always gone thru the day in normal tones. that always draws others into our world. it was our entertainment and socialization when they were little. our adventure.

i also cannot walk past a baby that is laying there or little one, or even a kid, when they make eye contact as if they are not valued humans worthy of acknowledgment. so, i am always stopping to make contact with the baby laying there while mom/dad are busy, to say hi. people have always been receptive.

there was a time when my youngest said, it is so embarassing you talking to everyone. fine.... i stopped. right then, right there. a week or two later he says.... there is a baby, arent you going to say hi. no way i tell him, i dont want to EMBARASS you. and walked away. no mom, no, you gotta, you dont embarass me really.

i made him beg me to go back to who i was.

but, all the people i know really enjoy this part of me and it is really freeing to walk in life being authentic with having to draw up walls, or tightly contain myself.... in life.

my shy niece now at 19 is working on doing the same. i love watching her bloom and she started so much younger than i.

i, too, use to be shy and within self, when in public.