subgenius wrote:Bazooka wrote:Martin Luther King was also a notoriously rampant philanderer...
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Martin_Lut ... f_adultery
In your opinion were you hoping to reveal "goodness" or "badness" about MLKj here?...perhaps your response will be equally revealing of yourself?
There's a book I was reading about "pain bodies" - just a fancy way of saying addiction to bad - to bad news, to bad drama - etc.
When I watch too much bad news, or interact with people who are really negative, it taints my image of people, which reminds me of a song... (Jack Johnson - Good People)
http://www.bing.com/videos/search?q=you ... EBD1D848E0
Still, people are not 100% good or 100% bad... there is good in all and imperfection as well, and as suggested, let's focus on the good - that which inspires us to believe in the goodness of ourselves and others.
Here's another example of goodness revealed... reminds me of my good Kenyan friend who's making a positive difference in her own way. whole village collected money to send Kakenya to school. She promsed to return and invest back... and she (Dr. Kakenya) did...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xssurTWr5e4