self-serving idolatry

 a goal of mine has been not to get caught up in the personal and petty.

i believe in our individual ability to affect positive change on the larger whole, so that's what I prefer to concern myself with.

i try not to linger too long on my personal suffering, although I can't fully help it yet. 

the couple that I used to be involved with seem to be doing very fine without me.

this initially comes as a pang to my ego, but eventually i am happy for them and awed.

this is not my natural immediate response, but it is the one I have decided is right. 

As long as I am learning something, I am happy.