No matter how right you are,
no matter how perfectly you called it,
no matter how much you won by
smug is an ugly look.
A thing to remember
when you feel like wearing some smug
is that you won’t always be right,
you won’t call it every time,
sometimes you’ll lose
and then
you’ll want to be surrounded
by compassion
not schadenfreude.
—Jeff
In college, while I was getting my bachelor’s in philosophy, we used to use Schadenfreude as a curse word. Today’s TREE reminds me that it is indeed a curse to surround yourself with those that wish misfortune on you and find joy out of it when it finds you.
Surround yourself with the same love, acceptance, and compassion you put out into the world.
Grow slowly
Skyler
A challenge in this day and age…