When You HAVE To Respond

I read a lot of dumbness
on loops, chats,
and in emails.

I KNOW these opinions can’t be changed.
I KNOW that responding to them
will only bring me trouble.
But I HAVE to respond.
I simply HAVE to.

So what I do
is I press reply to the email,
I delete the email address
(a VERY important step),
and I draft up my response.
I put as much care and research
into that response
as I would into any of my replies.

And then,
instead of pressing send,
I press delete.

I feel the same validation
and sense of relief,
yet I suffer from
none of the nasty side effects.

Allow yourself to respond to dumbness.
It’ll make you feel better.
Simply don’t send that response.