Loving ourselves:):):)...even the manipulative shitheads that we are:):):)...
Things at work seem to be moving in a much more positive direction, these days:):)...
Both in terms of behavior and in terms of productivity we were slipping last week:)...
But this week...on both counts...we seem to be moving in a better direction:):)...we're on schedule, at this point, to avoid mandatory overtime:):)...
The guys have been really shitty to me at times:):)...
But I have to say that I love these guys:):)...I mean that:):)...no matter how shitty they've been with me:):)...
And hopefully what I'm sharing with them:):)...is that we can all love ourselves:):):)...
No matter what manipulative shitheads that we can all often be:):)...
Noone escapes that:):)...
Conservatives are right that people are really just often shitheads, unfortunately:):):)...
But liberals are right that we can love ourselves no matter what shitheads we often are:):):)...
In fact:):):)...the bigger the shithead we are:):):)...the more we need to love ourselves:):):)...and the love we need from others:):) (though our whiny little asses can deal until people are able to dig deep enough to find that love for them:):):)...
We're responsible for ourselves:):):)...that's for sure:):):)...
But if perfection is required for us to be loved:):):)...we are all in the some deep ass shit:):):)...
Because those human beings don't exist...never have existed:):):)...never will exist:):):)...
We are who we are:):):)...and we get better over time as we learn to love ourselves and others:):):)...
We're kind of shitheads in the meantime:):):)...
Doing everything we can to avoid responsibility for our behavior and its consequence on everyone else's life:):):)...
But...over time:):):)...as we learn to love ourselves and one another:):):)...
We become less and less of the shitheads we have been in the past:):):)...
And more and more the better people we all knew we could be:):):)...
If you haven't seen the testimony of the Schindlerjuden -- the survivors of the Holocaust saved by Oskar Schindler -- on the Schindler's List DVD, by the way, you definitely need to...it's really touching...
And a powerful testimony...that perfection is not necessary to do enormous good in the world:):):)...
Love,
Ben
