Posted by AKC on July 22, 2001, at 16:11:14
In reply to Re: Why isn't it enough . . ., posted by Phil on July 22, 2001, at 15:48:44
You are exactly right - but at the same time, I just don't get it. As I seek to find my place in this world, and strive so hard not to judge others myself (which is very hard - just see some of my posts over on PBA), I can tire myself out with these big picture questions. Forget about the big, bad world out there and ethnic cleansing, and racism, and what have you - just take this small message board and some of the horror stories you see. Families not supporting their (supposed) loved ones. I'm pretty fortunate - my family at least tries, though my brothers still have that bootstrap mentality and my mother is still certain that there is a magic pill (doesn't get why I need so much therapy, group therapy, and heaven forbid, alanon).
I would have fit right in with the hippie generation (I was a tad too young) -- we just gotta love one another! And the first step in that is acceptance. Letting us be who we are and accepting that we feel what we feel and what we feel is real. As real as anything else that is good or bad out there.
Oops, here I go again, a little longwinded.
Hounddogging.
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