Enjoying the Breeze, and Kicking a Little Knowledge Online

My PR dude said no, my manager said yes, my lawyer worried about the legal implications, and my guy just wanted me to not get my feelings hurt. In the end it came down to this: I am so fed up with the bickering, bitching, brawling, screaming, screeching ignorance masking as intelligence on the web that is just mean and nasty, for the sole purpose of selling books, getting ratings, garnering listeners, or generating headlines, that my head hurts.

You would think that no one likes anyone anymore, no one has any friends, no one makes love, no one smiles and no one is proud of anyone other than themselves unless it benefits them. I'm a happy person right now. I got some stuff I still need to sort out and some work I want to do on myself, but all in all, I'm not hungry and I still have a place to sleep and my health is good. My parents are healthy, my 90-year-old grandmother is still alive and kicking, I have a few significant people in my life who love a respect me, and my country is on the right path with the right guy at the right time.

It's tough out there, but can a sister enjoy a sunset for goodness sake? I'm stopping to enjoy the breeze, celebrate others who have brought joy to my life, and kick a little knowledge born of my ups, downs, and sideways. It may seem trite to others but it is my intent to celebrate what is blessed, good, smart, stimulating, interesting, inspiring, fun, joyous and positive in my life, my community, our country, and in our world.

Oh stop with the violins! There are already enough stone-throwers and flame-starters on the web; this is my alternative. So no dirt-dishing, back biting, crab-in-the-barrel hatoration will take place on "Positively Star." Like it or not, I vow to elevate only those thoughts, words and deeds of my gender and my race that are examples of excellence and stand as something we can all aspire to. That's what happens when you're closer to the grave than the cradle -- you mellow and take a little time to enjoy the view.

Star's blog can be found at positivelystar.blogspot.com

Comments

[Travegurl]

Enjoyed the Oprah interview. Thanks for sharing!

[Elsie8]

Was glad to read Star's blog. Now, I look forward to her appearance on Oprah. Finally, we get some truth, hopefully.

[Elsie8]

Well, I'm glad to read from you! I missed you on TV, but then again! And I miss your website, although I kept looking forward to updates there. But what better place for you to keep up updated than this post! This is so you! No glam shots or all that. This is you and your prespectives. And yes, naysayers will talk and they will want to 'get your feelings hurt'. Guess what? They will anyways, so speak up! We want to hear you! Best wishes.

[HappyHumanist]

Hmmm, I can't seem to get my primary post published. All I did was expand on my reply below to woodcut.

My point? That someone who believes, without evidence, that an atheist ought not to hold elected office, should not be lecturing the rest of us on civility.

[woodcut]

As a radical gay atheist, I have little in common with you... but I agree w/ you re: above! There are people who pick apart any comment that's posted. There are people who actually post a correction to another's SPELLING! (I think it's a power game, much like the media plays.)

There are people lonely & isolated who sit by their computer & knock people down*. (*Wasn't "gym class" created for that?)

[HappyHumanist]

Since you are an atheist, she is prejudiced against you. She believes that you, solely because you are an atheist, should not hold public office.

So much for civility.

[woodcut]

YES, I wrote to her about that when she was on ABC & she actually wrote back! Of course she wrote that "Jesus is her Savior....." blah blah and more blah.
She has said an atheist has no moral compass so she would never vote for one.

[EminemsRevenge]

Offered Dr Marc Lamont Hill a copy of my second book, which is not only mainstream but RELEVANT to what's going on today [even though it takes place in 1968] and HE didn't even have the courtesy to RSVP!!!

The internet is just a collection of the cliques that i REFUSED to join in high school as i drifted betwixt the nerds, theater crowd, rockers, funkateers, poets, jocks and whatever interested me at the time because as my friend Pat said---i was ALWAYS a writer.

My first novel was Joycean, and the current book is up there with Richard Wright and Ralph Ellison, but everyone in the publishing industry is either looking for gangsta or florid "Waiting to Exhale" chick-lit...Black men need not apply.

That's okay, i'll get even posthumous­ly---anywa­y, glad to see YOU have overcome the post-View debacle:)

[djiang]

Love your thoughts on positive living. We need more of that! I try that here http://muttslikeme.wordpress.com/

[Joye]

I miss Star on "The View". Also I miss Meredith Veira on The View, too. The show is just not the same.. Too much liberalism.. I like Star a lot.. Hope to see more of her in the future..

[Monrocsol]

No such thing as "too much liberalism."

[jemiltd]

Cool write, Star. The sniping has become exhausting and it's only March. I see you have a website, welcome to check mine out as well. http://jemiltd.bravejournal.com/

[givepeace05401]

Ms Jones,

Some days the negativity and hateful discourse found on the internet pains my heart to no end. It is not so much the words used, but my fear that young people are learning that being nasty and petty are acceptable ways to express their opinions and communicate with others.

I look forward to your blog and hope that it will begin a new trend.

I wish you all the best.

[hapiday]

Hi Star thanks for your input. You are so right the negativism is out of control. Everyone seems to want to control the people in this country. this is a time in history when we should be working together to get through some very difficult times. Again thanks

[Miketou]

Well said Ms. Star Jones--like a breath of fresh air after a rainstorm. Miss ya!

[CALAVA]

Good to hear from you Star. I wish you well.

[bokiluis]

The "Living" section of HuffPost does also offer words of encouragement and positivity.

I acknowledged recently that I had become cynical. Then a blog from "The Secret" showed up in my email. It was built on taking on "Joy". I did and it has made my days so much more enjoyable.

I am addicted to Progressive radio and a couple of programs on MSNBC (Olbermann, Maddow and Shuster and every now and then, Matthews).

However, as one poster commented "there should always be a forum to take on the blatant lies and injustice that happens in politics and in our world". Yes, it is sometimes negative but there are some cold, self-serving people (e.g. most of the previous presidential administration) that have nefarious objectives. I will not sit back and let them getting away with it without speaking out.

It is our right and our duty to work towards equality for all.

[dimplesmile7]

Great article Star and I hope to see more of you out here!

[vginger]

Star, you have made some very good points.
I too am weary of all the nonsense that comes across but I am also guilty of some of it.
I started to read your post with something of a mental sneer...and finished it with a thump on the head to myself.
Good article Star...keep the coming. V.