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Two types of people

Part two - the others

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Jim Dalling
Apr 09, 2021
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Yesterday I spoke about who this newsletter (and eventual book) is written for.

Then, there are the people that we have to put up with.

The officious ones.

In Dungeons and Dragons terms, the lawfully neutral characters.

The Umbridges.

As in Deloris.

They are big on control

They love perfection.

The are masters of rules, regulations, accountability and bureaucracy.

They want the certainty of knowing where they are in the social order and the stability of that place never changing.

These are people unwilling to laugh at themselves.

They need perfect.

They are unwilling to laugh at the absurdity of existence.

They need meaning. Significance. Gravity.

This work?

This work is a balm against them and hopefully, for those with a bit of a crack where the light could shine through.

I’m not waiting for them though.

Instead?

I’m here for you

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