“A cynic is one who, when he or she smells flowers, looks around for a coffin”
~ H. L. Mencken
There was a time I believed everyone was out to get me. I looked on the dark side of life. I was forever feeling negative and pessimistic. I was always surrounded by sick and destructive people.
When caring, healthy people offered hope or tried to help me, I turned away and rejected them. For years, I created the pain and misery in my own experience.
Then a close friend came into my life and gave me a dose of “tough love.” This friend helped me see that I was wallowing in self-pity. This friend cared enough to intervene and tell me what I did not want to hear. Today I have time in recovery from alcoholism, and I carry the message to others.
May I always love myself and others enough to take a risk.
© 2008 Leo Booth
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