And yet, your description of his childhood, especially his cruel rejection by his mother, leaves me feeling twinges of grief and sympathy for him. Of course, as I saw in a Facebook meme, "Your shitty childhood doesn't give you the right to be a shitty human being." That is a truth, in my mind. No matter what I have experienced, I must st…
And yet, your description of his childhood, especially his cruel rejection by his mother, leaves me feeling twinges of grief and sympathy for him. Of course, as I saw in a Facebook meme, "Your shitty childhood doesn't give you the right to be a shitty human being." That is a truth, in my mind. No matter what I have experienced, I must still be accountable and have a responsibility to overcome the effects that have created obstacles in my life. But, to draw on another cultural cliche, this one from the 12 Steps: "There, but for the grace of God, go I."
And yet, your description of his childhood, especially his cruel rejection by his mother, leaves me feeling twinges of grief and sympathy for him. Of course, as I saw in a Facebook meme, "Your shitty childhood doesn't give you the right to be a shitty human being." That is a truth, in my mind. No matter what I have experienced, I must still be accountable and have a responsibility to overcome the effects that have created obstacles in my life. But, to draw on another cultural cliche, this one from the 12 Steps: "There, but for the grace of God, go I."