This Poll Is Not Particularly Funny

[snurri]

[Poll #1198203]

Be glad all you're getting is the poll, because the rambling was starting to bore even me.

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[imago1.livejournal.com]

"Well, part of that is coping strategy, and I think that's common to the compassionate and non-compassionate alike."

I believe that one hundred percent. *edited to say, I had to start letting go of some rage and grief in regard to the suffering and injustice that surrounds us. Not all, but some. My blood pressure was through the roof and my television on its way through a wall. To stay sane and compassionate,

I think most of us need to pick our battles. Otherwise, after a while we become neither. Look what happens to police, psychologists, social workers.