I often really despise being a human being, because I’m so ashamed of the actions of a lot of my fellow man and woman. Some days, I feel like saying to every animal or plant I meet, "I’d to apologize on behalf of my species." This gets to be very stressful. I’ve read a lot about handling shame about your gender, your career or your ethnic heritage, but not a lot about handling the shame of being human.
They best way to counter this shame (I think) is to learn about good news about productive and caring human beings. Read on, and get your hankies ready.
Never Too Old To Learn
Alfred Williams had to go work in the crops to help his family when he was eight years old. That meant he never learned to read. Before his Mom died, Alfred promised her than someday he would learn to read. It took a little while, but finally Alfred was able to keep his promise. He claims it was a matter of finding the right teacher. He failed at adult learning centers — but has learned to read by becoming a first grader. He is America’s only known 70 year old first grader. He recently received a gift from Ellen DeGeneres (and Smithfields) for $10,000.
A bunch of tough guys from NYC got together and wondered how they could personally help animals. They contacted animal shelters and learned that there just weren’t enough people to enforce animal abuse laws. So instead of complaining about it (as I would do) they went and formed their own animal rescue group and have saved one to two thousand animals.
My Mom
My Mom has still continued to love me, even though I ignored her advice for over thirty years. I ran away to England and moved in with a homeless street musician, against her advice (and the advice of everyone else on the planet). She was right — I was wrong. The relationship was a disaster. He eventually left with every penny I had, made sure I couldn’t legally find a job in England and then, a few months later, hired a friend to burn my home down.
Mom took not only me in, but my dog Pony as well. She paid for the plane tickets and most of my bills since then. She’s been very supportive of my attempts to run my own freelance writing business. I hope to pay her back everything I financially owe her, although she says I don’t have to. I take care of her when she’s really ill and a couple of the bills around the house.
Hope this good news helped to lift your spirits.
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