Ah, here is one that I’ll be working on for a while. Forever, maybe. The Big One: Guilt. The Dalai Lama says this: ‘Guilt, as experienced in Western culture, is connected with hopelessness and discouragement and is past-oriented. Genuine remorse, however, is a healthy state of mind – it is future-oriented, connected with hope, and […]
I was talking to my therapist last week. He is busy playing ‘catch up’ on all my issues; I’ve known him about ten years but haven’t gone to him for therapy in about five years, probably more. Yeah, I could look it up, but nobody gives a shit about exactly how long it’s been. Last […]
One of my many faults is that I fail to think objectively through things sometimes. I get an idea in my head, and then I can’t let go of it, and it sort of takes on a life of its own. Here’s a small example to illustrate what I mean. A while back one of […]