Absolutes are absolutely ridiculous

Always, never, everything, nothing, etc.....I've come to the conclusion that these are some of the stupidest words ever created by the human race.  Don't get me wrong, they have their purpose, but I wish that their definitions would have defined them as only acceptable when talking about God.  God always loves us.  Yep, that works.  Webster's should have specified that only God can have absolute attributes.  Only God can perform tasks absolutely.  I wish they would have made it clear that you and I, well, we don't work that way.

In my experience, assigning these attributes to yourself or to another person, or saying you or they did everything/nothing is one of the quickest ways to create conflict and strife.  Let me give you an example.  "I always took care of everything!"  I've said that.  I've said that more than once.  That is such a moronic statement.  Of course I didn't take care of everything.  I may have felt like it, but that is such a limiting statement to make.  By saying that I take care of everything, I imply that others take care of nothing.  I'm an idiot.  I actually had to have that explained to me yesterday.  Are you kidding me?  I didn't see that for myself?  Total fail dude!

I've also found though, that using absolutes in a positive way can totally backfire too.  Here's one for you, "I will always love you."  Man, that is a big one.  Huge.  Is there a bigger promise that a person can make?  God pulls that one off.  He does.  Me?  I have made that promise and then totally screwed it up.  I don't think I'm unique in that regard.  I think that's something humans do, but it sucks.  Big time sucks!!  That's one of those things that you can never take back.  You want to destroy someone?  Tell them you don't love them anymore.  Tell them the feelings are gone.  As Sally told Harry, "You can't take it back....It's already out there!"  I wish I could say I wasn't that big of a jerk.  I have been.  There are reasons why I did.  There are "always" reasons right?  (Did you catch that word there?)  However, it's still brutal.  Talk about feeling like a failure.

What does that mean moving forward?  Will I use absolutes in the future?  Of course I will.  I'm a flawed individual who tries his best to learn from his mistakes, but will never be perfect.  I do know this though, I am very aware now just how much power absolutes have.  Incredible power when used against me, and incredible power when I've used them.  Doggone it Webster's, thanks for nothing!!!