So much of our society is driven by shame, which is to say the fear of failure. Mistakes have to be possible. I am sure of that. Growth is not possible any other way. But none of us should have to be elite to feel like we have a place. Some of us will always be more talented than others, and that is good. Such people should be rewarded. But all of us should have a place, and right now far too man of us don’t. Just look at the “deaths from despair” numbers on suicide, and deaths from alcoholism and drug abuse.
As I posted on Facebook last week, Roger Waters calls it right when he says “any fool knows a dog needs a home, as shelter from pigs on the wing.”
My work continues. I actually feel good. I am sleeping through the night without booze or interruptions other than getting up to pee.