Lebensraum

I know this may sound like a ridiculous idea

but, let me run it past you.

Actually, no, you'll just think I am crazy

hhhmmmm...

Well, ok, I'll risk embarrassing myself here.

Imagine we accepted people as they are

there ya go

there ya have it

I know,

I'm crazy in the coconut

Insane in the membrane

away with the fairies

It's so crazy

cos if we did that

we wouldn't get to nag someone

about what they don't do

or criticise them

for not doing something well enough

or coerce them

to do things they didn't want to do

or try to get them to dress better

and make more of an effort

we wouldn't be able to get annoyed at them for

feeling something on a particular day

or understanding something in a particular way

we would just have to like it or lump it.

Imagine...

it's madness isn't it.

Of course,

we would still be able to get annoyed

because we humanoids are wilful creatures

and generally get pissed off and frustrated

any time another persons' will

or the will of the world

goes against the grain of our own

but, we wouldn't really be justified

in taking out that annoyance on the other people

with whom we share our lives

we would just have to get over it and

deal with our frustrations

at the world not bowing down

to our desires and duties

preferences and priorities

I suppose, crazy as this idea may seem

the upside is,

that we would be accepted as we are too

and we wouldn't be asked to change

our feelings...our ways

our manners...our behaviours

our tastes...our rituals

but, flip, that almost sounds a little like

unconditional love

which is obviously just a fairytale

about a desire for something

we humanoids could never muster

you know! - that love that we wished we got

from parents and gods

to be accepted just as we are

us shameful sinners

but, it's obviously too much fun

being little dictators

and getting to bash the people we love

with our wills

to have our way

at another's expense

afterall,

creating a little Lebensraum

never hurt anyone, did it?