i've come to the conclusion that i need to be more aware of - and look for - positive aspects of this world. the more i live, the more disappointed and dismayed i become - with where our society and culture is, and is headed. it can make a person feel so dark, and although it may be impossible to accept what is, i'm seeing that it will become necessary to come to some sort of terms with it, at least for me personally, in order to keep functioning and interacting with the rest of the world (as opposed to running away to some mountainside and living as a hermit).

marc thinks it's all about seeing things from the other person's point of view. take george w bush. perhaps if you strip it all away, he's just someone who has been desperately seeking his father's approval all his life. doesn't make his actions any more right, but when you look at it that way, it makes him seem less like a cartoon villian. hmm.

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