http://www.theartofhelpingothers.com/we-are-all-in-the-gutter/ Fri, 13 Aug 2010 12:01:35 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 http://www.theartofhelpingothers.com/we-are-all-in-the-gutter/comment-page-1/#comment-4 Steve St. Claire Fri, 17 Jul 2009 23:24:17 +0000 http://www.theartofhelpingothers.com/?p=43#comment-4 When I read that, I get conflicting images - I think "looking at the stars" gives hope when you're in the gutter. But I also think that I can forget that I'm currently living in the gutter with other "gutter people" and I can judge other people for looking like and smelling like and acting like gutter people. When I stop looking at those around me because it's more fun to look at the stars, I am in essence killing those people around me, dismissing them to irrelevance. Someone feeling irrelevant will probably never look up at the stars I'm so preoccupied with. When I read that, I get conflicting images – I think “looking at the stars” gives hope when you’re in the gutter. But I also think that I can forget that I’m currently living in the gutter with other “gutter people” and I can judge other people for looking like and smelling like and acting like gutter people. When I stop looking at those around me because it’s more fun to look at the stars, I am in essence killing those people around me, dismissing them to irrelevance. Someone feeling irrelevant will probably never look up at the stars I’m so preoccupied with.

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