68. Looking Good
Later that day I walked past the small group room where The
Other Ken had our clients deciphering AA/NA slogans. Felix asked me what the slogan ‘don’t compare
your insides to other people’s outsides’ meant.
“What do you think it means?” I asked, not wanting to do
their work for them.
Felix said, “Your intestines will never look as good as their
skin?”
“It’s easier for your neighbors to have nice lawn than for
you to keep your house clean,” Howard guessed.
“Don’t look at skinny people after you’ve put a thousand
calories into your belly?” Roy joked.
“You guys are a riot,” I said. “It means don’t compare how you feel to the
way other people look. Just because
someone has money or a nice car doesn’t mean they’re any happier than you. Measuring
how they look against the way you feel is apples to oranges.”
Today I
won’t compare my insides to other people’s outsides.
Life on Life's Terms III (c) 2016 by
Ken Montrose
Life on Life's Terms III is a work of fiction. Any resemblance between the
characters and anyone you might know is purely coincidental.
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