June 27, 2010Dixie Chicks still not ready to make nice. They don’t have to. They don’t have to be mad as hell, either.
It has been seven years and the Dixie Chicks still aren’t “ready to make nice.” I posted in 2006 about the death threats and harassment they received for expressing their opinion of our president at that time. I also wrote of the power of their song Not Ready to Make Nice. One of my posts noted,
“As they say in their Not Ready to Make Nice song, ‘It turned my whole world around and I kind of like it.’ Their latest album makes it clear why. They have become all the more powerful and expressive. They wrote every song on the album and are making the kind of music they want without feeling restrained by their former base. Because they spoke what they believed they got kicked out of a group they didn’t completely fit with and are discovering a group that feels more like home.”
The Chicks are currently touring with the Eagles, and Not Ready to Make Nice remains their most popular song. It won best song and best album at the Grammys for 2007.
Just in case you think that when your world falls apart, you need to try to piece it back together the way that it was.
I completely LOVE their song. As someone who is particular about nuances of words I would like to say, however, that I don’t want anyone to listen and conclude when someone does you wrong, your options are to comply or get really angry.
If you are angry, don’t pretend you’re not. I offer seven ways to move through and alchemize anger in this article. Constructive Anger: How to SpeakStrong when you’re seeing red. Seven ways to handle anger
Anger is a healthy response to mistreatment, but if you find your new world so compelling that you can’t invest a lot of time in anger, go for it. You don’t have to be angry to avoid making nice.
Anger is a great fuel for action. But so is creativity. If you can’t get mad, don’t get even. And don’t make nice, either. Get creative.
Which, of course, is something the Dixie Chicks also know a lot about.
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