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If people want to become close friends with me (as opposed to mere acquaintances), I require that they unconditionally accept me as I am. This means accepting that I’m a raw foodist; that I’m married to a popular psychic medium, one who also happens to be my best friend; that I love working on spiritual growth, but I’m allergic to organized religion; that I have a geeky/nerdy/Trekkie side; that I have a quirky, playful, and irreverent sense of humor; that I love to write, often for hours at a time; that I’m very open-minded and love to explore new growth experiences; that I have lots of energy and don’t tire easily; that I like to get an early start to each day; that I don’t have a job, nor would I ever want one; that I don’t subscribe to scarcity thinking; that I love helping people grow; that money is very low on my list of priorities; that I tend to be very focused when I’m pursuing a new goal or activity; and that I’m currently exploring polyamory and no longer intend to remain monogamous.
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Ok Steve, I can accept all that unconditionally except the part where you wake up early each day. Maybe in the summer months, but right now I refuse to wake up before the sun does. The thought of waking up at 5 or 6am in the morning makes me want to throw up. For people who "have" to go to work, I can understand why they do it, but you're "self-employed" so why not sleep in?
I'm only teasing, but referring to your article, I too went through some tough patches during my childhood trying to "be good" and I totally know what you mean when you say "One of the key turning points in my life happened when I crashed and burned after becoming addicted to shoplifting. "
I hit a similar point in my late teens and "crashed" and then developed a really strong attitude of not caring about what other people think. It almost feels like that "version" of me that used to care committed suicide that day and a new version was born. I know a few friends who went through similar processes and were depressed all the time and then eventually attempted suicide, only to find that afterwords they had a totally different view on life.
Besides myself, I've seen that energy play out with quite a few people and 10 years later they are WAY stronger and more conscious people than those that kind of had an "easy" childhood.
Very cool post, I really liked it.