Indeed, too many people cannot bear their own company, and seek refuge in the loud noises and glaring pictures of the entertainment world. Personally, what amazes me is how some individuals can ‘know’ so much about the latest episode of the hottest drama or the best-selling movie, but they don’t let themselves learn from it all. I consume my fair share of ‘distractions’, only I see them as alternative opportunites to educate myself. Reading your blog, for one, is not just about enjoying your style and wit, but also carefully considering the issues you explore and seeing what I can apply to the betterment of my own life. Southpark is about watching Kenny die again -and again and again- as much as rethinking how ‘everyone’ views a certain issue. (My absolute favorite SP episode is the one about the town’s racist flag.) In short, ‘distractions’ of the entertainment industry in my opinion can be fun and self-enriching.

But I can’t agree with you more about self-acceptance. It is really the root of so many of our modern problems. I remember my father telling me in my childhood: “You have to accept who you are as a person, because that’s the only person you could ever be, and the only person you would ever be able to love wholly and truly”. It took me many years before I fully understood what he said, but I’m a much, much, much happier person now. To me, it is only after accepting yourself that you are able to begin the process of improving yourself, or perhaps better described as “being the process of discovering and freeing your Higher Self”.

As always, thank you for sharing, and putting into words a lot that is already on my mind but I have not quite been able to put down coherently.