Controlled by Guilt

Sunday, April 16th, 2006 | Smartass

This guy once wrote that life is controlled by invisible strands of guilt, and the larger the strand the more it controls us. Now I cannot remember his name or his book, so I can’t better quote it, but the guy was onto something.

I do not like guilt or guilt-givers, but it is unavoidable. The more you try to avoid it the more guilt you are given. I mean it seems kind of selfish to me, but saying that a guilt-giver would say that ignorning the guilt would be even more selfish. It’s a bloody vicious cycle folks.

Fairly soon I will be forced to give into guilt so that I am not shunned by those close to me. Quite honestly I am a little pissed off about it, since it will cause future reprocutions as I will now have to avoid offering my help to those who need it until I have all the facts in. I mean it’s not that I will never help anybody again, but rather that I will have to say No to a lot more things to prevent guilt by association.

I mean I have even been threatened with guilt that travels hundreds of miles for something that shouldn’t be my problem but has been made to be. This post will probably piss somebody off. I tend to have that effect on people, but it will cause the annoyed person to say some defensive statements that try to add more guilt to my life.

I understand now why people become recluses. It’s a lot easier to just live your own life alone, because all you need is your own personal happiness to get through it.

               

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