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laughs and cries.  
 
laughs and cries.  
 
It alone protects me against  
 
It alone protects me against  
that utterly self-controlled  
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that utterly  
masterful tyrant whom
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self-controlled  
I also harbor and  
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masterful tyrant whom I also harbor and  
 
who would rob me of human aliveness,
 
who would rob me of human aliveness,
 
  humility, and dignity
 
  humility, and dignity
 
  but for my fool."
 
  but for my fool."
 
- Theodore I. Rubin, MD
 
- Theodore I. Rubin, MD

Revision as of 21:26, 25 February 2008

Loving the fool in me


"I must learn to love the fool in me -
the one who feels too much,
talks to much, 

takes too many chances, wins sometimes and loses often, lacks self-control, loves and hates,

hurts and gets hurt,
promises and breaks promises, 

laughs and cries. It alone protects me against that utterly self-controlled masterful tyrant whom I also harbor and who would rob me of human aliveness,

humility, and dignity
but for my fool."

- Theodore I. Rubin, MD