Posted by Toph on May 13, 2006, at 8:20:23
In reply to feeling sorry for myself, posted by James K on May 9, 2006, at 10:13:08
I think people are a little like houses, James. Sometimes we collect bad stuff in our house. Others seem to be able to rid themselves of stuff in their homes, you and I seem to collect the garbage we've made until it fills every room and there's no place to hang out without all the sh*t around. Removing all these hoarded reminders at once is daunting and overwhelming and unrealistic. So we do nothing, but continue to wallow in the stuff in an unending cycle of making more and more of it and hating ourselves for the world we've created for ourselves. If only we could clean just one room where we could have respite, a place to lounge unencumbered by refuge. There we might gain the strength to work on the other rooms.
If its any solace for you James, I hate myself too.
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