Let me start by saying I don't believe I'm "perfect". Life is a process of attaining perfection, or at least coming as close to it as one can.
But one person who knew me claimed I was so "perfect" I made others feel "inadequate" by comparison. She said I trigger the "too good to be true" syndrome where, if someone seems too good to be true, that person shouldn't be trusted.
Another has told me that being with me is so "perfect" that it is impossible for our two worlds to co-exist. I make her unhappy with her world simply by giving her a glimpse of mine.
What is the incentive to being good, to being more than mediocre, to being thoughtful and sensitive to the needs of others, to loving others as you would have them love you if, in the process, you find yourself increasingly isolated and alienated from a humanity which otherwise complains about the nastiness of other humans?
(yes, this is a serious spiritual question)
2007-04-30
01:12:06
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