I think I’m going to write a bit more about my life, which you don’t have to read; it’s just that it is, as they say in what is now assuredly an obsolete expression, “my dime.”
Tag: relationships
2.3.19: Cue The Theme Music
And so…about three years ago, I go to the family get-together in Florida. And it’s a cool January night in Tampa; I’m doing an art project with the kids, we’re painting on these cute little canvases. I’m making a purple smiley-face.
And my mom comes up to me…dead sober…and looks me in the eyes and says,
“I just think I should tell you…I never wanted to marry your father. You were an accident, and your father convinced me to keep you. But I had other things I wanted to do with my life, and they were completely derailed to be with this man I didn’t want to be with. And so. I just wanted you to know.”
Empathy Vs. Guilt
Everything hinges on the right motivations. They say the road to hell is paved with good intentions—that’s an old chestnut meant to deride anybody “idealistic” enough to possess noble/empathetic intentions. I think the road to “hell” is not paved with good intentions, but instead by flawed motivations.
For example, an altruistic act motivated by guilt.
