| | Well, Ian, I don't see that you have anything to repent of. No shame, no blame. One less problem to deal with. In your case, the Objectivist should not repent.
About embarrassment - I've stepped on my dong more than a few times in life. I just had to take my foot off (and sometimes that is much more difficult to do than it seems), clean up the mess and move on. The hard part with me has been (in a few cases) to not do it again. I am a real hardhead at times. But I never blamed this hardheadedness on anyone else. That is what has allowed me to get out of ruts (and believe me, some of them have been doozies).
The main thing we have in life that cannot be recovered is our time. It never comes back. And living is so exciting if you do it right that it is a damn shame to use these precious moments of our precious lives talking in circles and worrying about feeling guilty over honest mistakes (or even silly mistakes for that matter) - or even worse, fussing a whole lot over pointing fingers at who should feel guilty or not.
I have a real thing about laughing. I love to do it. I love to kid, be kidded and generally be playful. I sleep really well, too (unless my foot is on my dong...). I also create my own values and works without apology. I am constantly learning new things about this marvelous universe of ours. That is how I like (and choose) to spend my time.
Here on SOLO I have encountered several people who respond to this spirit in kind. In the past, I usually have had to appeal to "parts" of people to get this, cutting a lot of slack for basic philosophical differences. This is the main reason I am spending my precious time here. Frankly, I am REALLY HUNGRY for this spirit in others and I am now sitting at one hell of a banquet.
Once again, I don't know your writing, but I imagine that your are pretty good from your posts (Atlas in your pocket indeed!!!). Soooo... I don't even see where your embarrassment comes from (although it is yours, not mine, so I am not criticizing - it's just that I have a callous where my sense of embarrassment should be). You seem to have done the best you could with what you had when your were a Christian. To use Objectivist type words, you seem to be a person who seeks the best within himself and acts on it. Personally, I would be proud of that.
Michael
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