I Must Learn To Love The Fool In Me

a repost from Moi Rodriguez' facebook notes... thanks Mama Moi!


I must learn to love the fool in me--
the one who feels too much, talks too much,
takes too many chances, wins sometimes and loses often,
lacks self-control, loves and hates, hurts and gets hurt,
promises and breaks promises, laughs and cries.
It alone protects me against that utterly self-controlled,
masterful tyrant whom I also harbor and
who would rob me of human aliveness,
humility, and dignity but for my fool."

- Theodore I. Rubin, MD