We are such shitheads...

...people...

We're all so goddamned calloused toward each other...

We do it so long...we just become kinda shitheads...

And there's no way forward but by acknowledging that...

And why are we so shitty to one another?...

Because someone...many people...were shitty to us...

And so our children will say when asked why they're so shitty to one another...and to us...

And so will their children...

And their children...

Unless we take responsibility for it...

And you know what's shittiest about our behavior?...

That we're tempted to just blow it all off...

To just pretend like we're not as shitty as we really are...

Because to be better just seems so hard...

What fuckin' pussies we all are...

It's just so hawd to be betta...

And so the cycle continues...

Until we acknowledge just how shitty we treat one another...

All in the name...of being treated better...much of the time...

And that is exactly what makes us so goddamned shitty...the self-centeredness of it all...

Because the truth is...most people...think more about being treated better...than treating others better...

What shitheads we all are...

And yet...

The only way out of this mess...

Is to face it...acknowledge it...and love ourselves and forgive ourselves despite it...

Because treating ourselves and others even shittier...

Is what got us in the mess in the first place...

Fundamentally...there are two choices...

Either keep being shitheads...

Or acknowledge what shitheads we often are...love ourselves and forgive ourselves despite our shittiness...

And move forward...

Those are -- fundamentally -- our two choices...

And the most fundamental choice we will likely make in our lives...

Have a good weekend, everyone...

Love,
Ben