Doubling Down on Love: How to Stay Calm When It Hurts
A practical take for the crazy times
This story is one of those extremely imperfect outpours. It’s a follow-up to the one about the anatomy of forgiveness that I sent a few days ago. It was interesting to see the reaction, hence this follow-up.
Punchline
Let me start straight out with the punchline and identify the source of both forgiveness and general calm that seems to work for me.
Here it is (and I am being totally serious): the source is a philosophical, loving understanding of the fact that most people are f*cked up. That is true!
Once you understand it and accept the fact that a whole lot of people are extremely messed up, and you cannot change the world but can only do your—very important—part to shift it a tiny-teeny bit toward harmony, things get easier. The torment subsides. You accept the fact that, yes, most people aren’t in their wholesome state. This is just how it is. It’s been this way for centuries, I am not the first one dealing with it, there is a point to this journey, an…
