Everybody has some Love, Everybody Needs some Love

I love this Pogo cartoon published in 1971 in honor of Earth Day.

"We have met the enemy and he is us", has popped in my mind many times over the years and not with regard to environmentalism, but typically with regard to self righteous people.

My Him's best friend, mentor, employer was the CEO of a large company, he died of cancer - renal cell carcinoma - ugly stuff, in 1991. Anyway, about a year after he was made President of the company he had helped build, I asked what he liked most and least about being the CEO - he said there were a lot of things he liked about it but what he really missed however was people telling him he was doing a good job, people patting him on the back. When you are at the top, people expect you to affirm them, not vice versa.

Him's friend by the way built a company that provided jobs for thousands of people, he inspired great loyalty from the people who worked for him because he had a great respect and love for all of the people at all levels, and a detailed understanding of each person's position and their contribution to the team. He remembered people's names too. There are alot of wonderful things to be said about this guy - not enough space here.

With regard to environmentalists, sometimes some activists (not all) remind me of fundamentalist preachers - they use fear tactics, tell me what I am doing wrong, and ask me to give them money to support their cause.

The hard part about being a worthy person is identifying when we ourselves are being self righteous.

It is very easy for me to identify self righteousness in other people, it always surprising to find out that in the very act of seeing it in someone else, I catch a glimpse of it in my own self.

Peace and Love
Keren