Everyone has a camel and a straw. Mine came tonight. Back broken. No comments necessary! Really. No sympathy, no, nothing please. It will do no good. Make a donation to your favorite charity, give money to GOODWILL, please, give them a boost. Because really, there is not enough of goodwill in this world. Not nearly.
And then, after you've written a check, sit back and reflect on how easy it is to do right by people who are important to your past and present -- even if not necessarily your future. Think how easy it is to wish them well. How simple not to break them. If you are parting with someone who, upon refelction, saved you in small and big ways once upon a time, remember those small and big gestures. Remember how once the person really truly was your best friend.
Don't screw your past best friends, even if they no longer are that. Don't trip them up. Look, look hard at their eyes and note their pleading wistfulness, their great desire to do the right thing even if you don't believe it is the right thing.
21 hours ago
You didn't really want us to write checks to Goodwill, did you? Because I wrote mine for that charity for feral children in Poland that you are always going on about.
ReplyDeleteJeremy: Can you now write a separate check to Goodwill? Please?There's nothing wrong with protecting feral children in Poland, but Goodwill really can make a huge difference in a person's life.
ReplyDeleteSaul: Out of sight = obsess even more and imagine horrors that are taking place behind my back.
Susannah: thank you.