It's not that some people in your life are mean-spirited, shortsighted, and ignorant, John; it's that they're grand, brilliant, and magnificent. Fellow adventurers who, at the peak of their glory, in worlds before this one, asked to dance with you in time and space, however briefly, so that they might learn a bit faster than otherwise.
And you know how you love dancing.
In the presence of greatness, The Universe |