Victimhood Redux
Three years ago I wrote a real time experience in observing least mature behavior among a group of men I know. You can read it in a newsletter here. (It’s the second article…but read the first one, too.) http://archive.constantcontact.com/fs002/1101927169235/archive/1102459812057.html
So here’s an update. The same guys are still meeting at the same time and place and still complaining about the world they inhabit. This doesn’t surprise as much as disappoints me. A few days ago I overheard their (not particularly evolved) complaints about the stupid people who inhabit the world and how we are all headed for catastrophe. It’s about what they were saying three years ago. Amusingly, none of the guys expressed any sense of irony that the imminent destruction of the universe they’ve been predicting for years has yet occurred.
I am pretty sure these guys are exactly where they want to be. Anxiety, fear and danger are their Saturday morning companions. They have become experts on being stuck.
Did I follow my own guidance when I recognized the environment I had stumbled into? Yup! And I’ll do it again.
Peace and Courage,
Howard
