Likable You

 People sometimes overindulge in order to present a more likable self.  It is a form of fantasy.  Drinking and fantasy often go together.  We think we are fine, though we are drunk.  We think we are popular when people wish we would leave.  It can be the same in a spiritual sober practice.  Because you see yourself on some guru path, or the right religion, you fantasize that you are complete and attractive, when in fact, you might be a hypocrite and obnoxious.  None of this stops with sobriety or a change of spiritual path.  We cannot seem, on our own power, to shake the fantasy that we are wonderful now.  What to do?  Forget about yourself.  Don’t worry about popular or being on the one true path.  Do your path faithfully, be of some help to others, simply by accepting them in their own shortcomings and imperfections.  Give people some of your precious time.  Be real.  Fantasy is for Hollywood.