My way around that is absurdism.* Unbelievably helpful for my own psyche.* Taking things too seriously is headache land.* But enjoying the absurdity of the games people play is uplifting, because you get to see glimmers of hope in even the most hopeless of people... once you understand the scripts they are following.... and your own script. I'm still working out mine.* The more I dig, the more "script" I find, and less "me".* But the "me" that I find at the level the below is more and more authentic, coming from a deeper place than the scripts allowed me. Keeps me humbler too... while also allowing me to appear boastful.. because, if I offend somebody by appearing boastful?* Not my problem.* It's their script, not mine.