Last night, someone jokingly observed how if all the people who said they were our "friends", busily "hoping and praying" for us, simply subscribed to the Liam Milburn Substack page, for $5 a month, our family's money problems would immediately disappear.
At first, everyone laughed out loud.
Then, there was an awkward silence.
It was funny on one level, and deeply sad on another.
And after the initial impressions, it is always best to be at peace with the way things are, instead of worrying and scheming about how we imagine they should be . . .
Does anyone still remember C+C Music Factory? ;-)
Oddly enough, this tiny post has resulted in more responses than most any other in the history of this blog, barring that silly Snoopy meme from all those years ago. . . .
ReplyDeleteOddly enough, not a single person posted in public, and the only responses were in private.
A very few apologized for how they didn't have the means to subscribe to a Substack page. Indeed, who can afford anything these days?
Yet that wasn't the point at all, as it isn't a matter of the haves and the have-nots. Those who feel guilty are usually those who have absolutely no need to apologize.
And very many, quite the rowdy bunch, actually, were incensed, even outraged, at the claim that they "owed" anyone anything.
Again, that wasn't the point at all, as the last paragraph should make abundantly clear. It helps to read to the end.
The frustration is only about the hypocrites, and the solution is only about acceptance and compassion.
Comedy and Tragedy, at their best.