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This is a place to share greentexts and witness the confounding life of Anon. If you're new to the Greentext community, think of it as a sort of zoo with Anon as the main attraction.

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If you find yourself getting angry (or god forbid, agreeing) with something Anon has said, you might be doing it wrong.

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Anon has marital problems (sh.itjust.works)

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[–] Krauerking@lemy.lol 4 points 2 days ago (1 children)

I do mean the little things. But it also is the big ones. A loved one can need you to help them do paperwork, or they could be dying of an incurable disease and raging against the end.

I'm saying expecting everyone to work to make your life easier to be around them ignores that everyone has their own issues to deal with and we are constantly impacting each other.

It's good to work on yourself and we all should but expecting it as the only way to be around people is not reasonable for how humanity is. We are flawed emotional creatures.

We burden those we love in lots of ways waiting on them to be fixed to show love doesn't make it seem like you loved them at all. You love people knowing they can change not waiting until they do.

[–] Feathercrown@lemmy.world 1 points 2 days ago (1 children)

Ok, but I didn't say it was the only way to be around people. You said that it was impossible.

I think what you're meaning to say is right, but what you're actually saying isn't consistent so it can't be as right as you're trying to express.

[–] Krauerking@lemy.lol 2 points 2 days ago (1 children)

You can't be someone else. It's impossible to look at someone else as the perfect human and tell everyone else to be like them.

That's the impossible.

Life is complex. Speaking about it does not make it less so. It's hard (if not impossible) to get the words that mean what I think in my head to mean the same to others.

My point is as consistent as it can be. Give love, don't wait for people to be better to do so. Look out for yourself sure, but don't avoid burdens for ease of a gentler life.

[–] Feathercrown@lemmy.world 1 points 2 days ago

Yeah, agreed.

You can’t be someone else. It’s impossible to look at someone else as the perfect human and tell everyone else to be like them.

That’s the impossible.

Totally. Self-improvement isn't about becoming someone else, it's about becoming a better version of yourself.