Sometimes
Sometimes I believe that there must be a fundamental flaw in myself to explain why my life the way it has become or how depressed I am most of the time. Then there are other times when I think that the way I am is flawed because of the way I was raised. In both of those statements I am the one who is flawed, whether or not that flaw is the result of nature or nurture is the only fundamental difference between them. These two ways of thinking, according to many self help books and gurus, are both untrue and for the same very simple reason. Most new age thinkers subscribe to the basic belief that we are all perfect spiritual beings who are having a human experience that should be savored for their idiosyncrasies rather than be reviled for the way each is beautifully different. As young children we are as yet unaware of what the outside would call flaws but are truly just the way are handful of stardust was up together so we could learn what we agreed to in this life. I'm not a su...