Susan Rambles: Assholery - Let Them and Theirs go to the Island
Read for free on Substack! I’m talking about the people who can’t or won’t treat others with kindness and respect while we attempt to do our human dance here on this planet. I keep thinking that they can all go to Asshole Island and be there together. It’s the best of all karmic outcomes - to deal exclusively with assholes when one is, indeed, an asshole. One might assume that we would be curious of outcomes as they unfold on the island except, it is not our drama and we no longer care. Will those of us left behind live a conflict-free life? Of course not. But we will manage our conflict with clear, consistent, truthful communication and critical thinking skills. We will rejoice in diversity and embrace helpful change. Treating each other with love and human decency will be so second nature to us that we simply forget there was ever a world where assholery reigned. And then I realized we don’t have to send them to Asshole Island. They are already there. It simply behooves us not ...