I'll be Right Back: Not All "Bad" Stories are Really That Bad...

ISBN-10
ISBN-13: 9798635430811
Series: I'll be Right Back
Pages: 136
Language: English
Published: 2020-04-08
Author: David Flood

Description

I am not a bad man. I think I can reasonably defend that statement. I try to be a good man, but that's a different story and not for me to adjudicate upon. I regularly reflect on my actions and try to continuously improve and do better than I have before. I'll keep trying to be an agent of good, and when at last I'm gone, history will be the final judge of my actions.Dr. Scott Peck wrote a book in 1978, "The Road Less Traveled", and is one of the most beautiful books I've ever read. It's a study of human potential, and from my somewhat misty memories of the book, is a celebration of the best of the human condition. The book instantly made the world a far better place. Dr. Peck wrote another a book, a reflection on humanity's darker side, and is an agonizing exploration of the evil and mal intent that is resident - to some degree - in most, if not all, of us. That second book is called "The People of the Lie".The People - while not an uplifting read like The Road - is nonetheless compelling and page-turning, as it draws the reader into the world of the profoundly disturbing.The two books are opposite sides of the same coin. We are all capable of tremendous compassion, philanthropy, empathy and goodness. Love, even. We are also capable of the not-so-great, and the not-so-good. Mistakes, even. Those other stories, while perhaps not the ones to burnish, are nonetheless also relevant. They are the Yin to the Yang. No true joy or goodness, without understanding what its opposite looks like. No stories like those in another other book I've written - "What's Your Story?" - my equivalent of The Road Less Traveled. The stories recounted in that book - and this - are the truth. The best of me. And the not so best. But still real, and relevant, and fundamental in shaping the person I've become, and am still becoming. Not perfect, not even close, but still learning and doing better than I did before.Some of the stories contained in this book may be considered "bad" by society in general, but I like them for their sense of adventure and generally pushing the envelope of life. I hope you enjoy them, and are not offended. I hope some of these stories connect, on some level. Yes, no one is perfect, but man, it sure can be fun along the way...