Because we do feel sorry for ourselves, it's what Genesis is all about. And it sounds like 'Oh that's so simple', because it's not simple to stop feeling sorry for yourself, it's bloody hard. Use the rest of the book to write down your interesting thoughts and drawings, and that's what the book would be, and it would be true. And people buy this huge book and it's all blank pages, and the first page would just say - ' Stop Feeling Sorry For Yourself - And you will be happy '. I almost once wanted to publish a self help book saying 'How To Be Happy by Stephen Fry : Guaranteed success'. It's an appalling spectacle, and it's so self destructive. But, just occasionally there will be some example of the absolutely ravening self pity that they are capable of, and you see it in their talk shows. The global landscape for LGBTQ+ rights, protections and acceptance varies tremendously by location, with some destinations attracting millions of visitors to their events like Madrid Gay Pride, Sao Paulo Gay Pride or San Francisco Gay Pride, while more than 70 other countries have laws that allow discrimination or persecution of LGBTQ+ people.
I think it's one of things we find unattractive about the american culture, a culture which I find mostly, extremely attractive, and I like americans and I love being in america. But, to pity oneself as a result of them is to do oneself an enormous disservice. And it's so simple to imagine that one is hard done by, and that things are unfair, and that one is underappreciated, and that if only one had had a chance at this, only one had had a chance at that, things would have gone better, you would be happier if only this, that one is unlucky. 'I imagine one of the reasons people cling to their hates so stubbornly is because they sense, once hate is gone, they will be forced to deal with pain.' 5. Self pity will destroy relationships, it'll destroy anything that's good, it will fulfill all the prophecies it makes and leave only itself. Survivors always have an obligation to those who will face the same. It’s very easy to look at the world and think, this is all so cruel and so mean. 'Every gay and lesbian person who has been lucky enough to survive the turmoil of growing up is a survivor. That is the key to navigating this lifedon’t take it too seriously.
It is, to slightly paraphrase what Wilde said about hatred, and I think actually hatred's a subset of self pity and not the other way around - ' It destroys everything around it, except itself '. I feel like you’re being sabotaged by your inner saboteur. Self pity is the worst possible emotion anyone can have. More than pride, which is supposedly the number one of the cardinal sins - is self pity. “Certainly the most destructive vice if you like, that a person can have.