by "Honeybunchesofgoats" (honeybunche0fgoats)
Published 06/23/2017 at 18:23
by "Honeybunchesofgoats" (honeybunche0fgoats)
Published 06/23/2017 at 18:23
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Sometimes I find it hard to reconcile how shitty I’ve been to people.
I pride myself on largely being very nice to people. I’m the sort of person who will sabotage themselves for the sake of other people. But it’s something that comes with age. Largely, I reserve my assholeness to defend other people—and I can be a really nasty mother fucker—but generally I find that life is easier if you treat people well. Making friends is just generally better than making enemies.
But that’s somewhat slow coming, and I did a lot of nasty things that I can’t make amends for. I think largely the guilt over those things made me a better person, but that doesn’t necessarily make things better.
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Forget the dead you’ve left, they will not follow you.
"ttyymmnn" (ttyymmnn)
06/23/2017 at 18:37, STARS: 5
but generally I find that life is easier if you treat people well
Something that I preach to my boys every day. They are so ugly to each other, and I have been told that it’s part of being boys. That may be true, but just because it’s normal doesn’t mean it’s acceptable.
"Honeybunchesofgoats" (honeybunche0fgoats)
06/23/2017 at 18:46, STARS: 0
You’re a good dad
"ttyymmnn" (ttyymmnn)
06/23/2017 at 18:48, STARS: 1
Well, I try. Thanks.
"ttyymmnn" (ttyymmnn)
06/23/2017 at 18:57, STARS: 1
But that’s somewhat slow coming, and I did a lot of nasty things that I can’t make amends for. I think largely the guilt over those things made me a better person, but that doesn’t necessarily make things better.
What’s done is done. As I say to my boys, “Everybody makes mistakes. It’s how you deal with them and what you learn from them that is the measure of the man.” Own it. Deal with it. And then move on.
"RamblinRover Luxury-Yacht" (ramblininexile)
06/23/2017 at 18:58, STARS: 2
Posting the Van Morrison version and not the ‘65 Byrds version? What kind of jerk are you?
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I kid, but in kidding, here’s another version of the song. Which I really like. Ahem.
They also have a very slow sorrowful version that was on the Ballad of Easy Rider album in ‘69.
"Honeybunchesofgoats" (honeybunche0fgoats)
06/23/2017 at 19:12, STARS: 0
My favorite is Dylan’s, obviously, but I vividly remember hearing Them’s version in Guilin, China during a particularly shitty time in my life and somehow it stuck.
"Chariotoflove" (chariotoflove)
06/23/2017 at 20:16, STARS: 1
You know, when I thInk back to my childhood, I deeply regret those moments when I treated my siblings badly. Even though they’ve long since forgiven me, and we are close, it’s something I’ll never shake.
Feel free to show your boys this post.
"ttyymmnn" (ttyymmnn)
06/23/2017 at 20:30, STARS: 1
Thanks. I have an older brother, and he and I fought tooth and nail for a long time. Interestingly, it was when we both started smoking pot (him first) that we finally sat down together, talked, and became very close (neither of us smoke any more, but sometimes I think it would be nice).
"Chariotoflove" (chariotoflove)
06/23/2017 at 20:34, STARS: 1
My little bother and I did something similar, but with Camels. So more damaging than you.