Evil lurks
I read another book by M. Scott Peck, the psychiatrist who wrote People of the Lie, the book that had the 4 characteristics of truly evil people (they're cheap, they're stupid, they lie and they are confusing
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We do have a Barnes and Noble where people can skim through books without buying them - if I'm out front much this next week, I'm seriously thinking of looking for it there. Thank you again for giving us this review of it - the subject really brings up a lot for me.
I think sometimes people forget that being ruthlessly ambitious is anything less than admirable - after all, in business it's kind of the American Way sometimes - so actually, I do think that needed to be said. I think we needed to hear it.
Elijah in particular often feels guilty about the things he hasn't (and will probably never in this lifetime) achieve, because he grew up very driven by those sayings along the lines of, if one is to achieve a dream one must pay the price (including in human relationships). He's often felt guilty for not being *more* hardened and ruthless (which if he ever was, it was very little, when people started getting hurt he just couldn't do it)....and Stef has often felt guilty for giving her/our dreams (especially financial ones) a back seat to home and family.
Being reminded of this, validates even more that we have no need to feel guilty for not ruthlessly pursuing the dollar. (Not that we have anything against having money. It's just that we object to sacrificing people and relationships, in order to keep raking it in when one already has enough.)
I hope that if I continue to be out front, this discussion continues, because I find it very thought-provoking, in a refreshingly positive way.
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Some of us heard years ago that they started remembering their early trauma when they were financially stable enough to leave their family who caused a lot of the trauma. So we got it in our heads, "Get rich quick!" and a lot of life became a mostly useless race to find money. It got ridiculous and we just got our mind set on "money!"
Bit independence is a frame of mind I guess. We still live and home but feel more confident after being out for a while that some independence would be achievable. And we are remembering as much as we can reasonably handle.
Okay, admittedly we do have some money anxiety, because...not employed for a while.
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