A bit frenetic, but there're some points here that really landed for me.
It can be said that angry frustrated people are the ones who are truly hopeful and optimistic
We're all strange, and hardly anyone will tell us the truth about us
Most of us are addicted to something - addiction being a pattern of behavior that keeps us from having to spend time with ourselves (see #2 above)
We avoid commitment because it's hard for us to feel vulnerable enough to admit we need someone
Loving and being loved are learned skills
The main reason we make mistakes in choosing a partner is that we're not so much looking for a mate as we are looking for something that feels familiar, which can be beautiful or disastrous depending on how we experienced love as very young children
To love is to be willing to interpret someone else's behavior - which on the surface may be unattractive, or even repellent - in order to discover more benevolent reasons for why it may be unfolding. To apply charity and generosity of interpretation.
I was a 14-year-old whitebread suburban knucklehead in 1967, blissfully ignorant of the kinda shit POC - and anyone who dared to love them - were having to put up with.
POC still have to put up with shit no one should have to put up with in 2021 - even here in USAmerica Inc.
We can say we've made some progress, and that'll have to do for right now today, but holy fuck, do we have a lotta work to do tomorrow, and everyday after that before we can stand proud and say we're being true to our stated principles.
Loving Day is not an officially recognized holiday by the U.S. government, despite attempts to make it so. Loving Day is the biggest multiracial celebration in the United States.