Love this, Matt. All of it. And wanted to restack at least a handful of quotes. I think I'll choose this one:
"Ultimately, what it came down to was simple: If I had the power to create the problems in my life, I had the power to solve them. There’s no rule book. No stone tablets. No inverse-square law of morality. Life would be much easier if there were, but it would also be much more boring. To live is to create. To live well is to create the person you want to be."
“Nothing was wrong. Not really. I was perfectly fucked up, just like everybody else. “
I found the book “Yhe Spirituality of Imperfection” by Ernest Kurtz to be a wonderful read on the subject.
https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/96307/the-spirituality-of-imperfection-by-ernest-kurtz-and-katherine-ketcham/
Love this, Matt. All of it. And wanted to restack at least a handful of quotes. I think I'll choose this one:
"Ultimately, what it came down to was simple: If I had the power to create the problems in my life, I had the power to solve them. There’s no rule book. No stone tablets. No inverse-square law of morality. Life would be much easier if there were, but it would also be much more boring. To live is to create. To live well is to create the person you want to be."
Thank you for a beautiful, resonant read.
The inverse square law of morality...there is some strong speculation that Kant probably had Asperger’s, which would explain a few things...
I relate to this so hard. I’m figuring things out too. Thank you for what you wrote. With love, from another sober philosopher with questions.