Hmm I have a lot of thoughts on your post here. First of all, I don't think it's supposed to "solve your problems". If you're looking to quotes you find on the internet to "solve your problems" I think you've got some even bigger issues to deal. So I don't think you should hold it not solving your problems against it.

Second, I personally don't look at the quote the same way that you seem to immediately see it. I find that to be a kinda self centered way of looking at this quote, and well the world. You are viewing the quote as if it's 100% definitely meant to be seen from the perspective of "how does it effect me". I don't really see it that way at all. I see it quite the opposite, from the point of view of "how do I effect others". And that's kinda why I posted it, which I'll explain more in a moment.

But I think this quote is more about your actions on others and how you make them feel. We have all done or said things to people that we wouldn't have done or said to us. Nobody is perfect and it's pointless to pretend otherwise. There's no such thing as perfect. We all fuck up from time to time. I most certainly have, and honestly that's exactly why I posted this. A few days ago I got into an argument with a member of my family over a relatively heavy issue, and we both got very angry with one another, and we both said a lot of hurtful things to each other. And I knew I said some mean shit so hours later once we were both chilled out a bit more I apologized and yeah went moved on. I was pissed inside about what they said to me! I mean how could they ever want to me me feel that way you know? How heartless of them to say that thing to me! And I went out with friends for the entire day and I could not shake this terrible feeling inside. I was just closed off and I blamed it on them, on the person I argued with. Its because of the terrible mean things they say to me and how bad I felt about it.

And so a day passed and I ended up having to spend time with that family member again, just the two of us. We both apologized again but I still couldn't shake that feel. Then my mind was flooded with the thought of how much I loved that person, and then I thought of every single horrible thing I said to them. It went beyond this argument and into previous times. Every time I acted annoyed by this person flashed in my head. Every time I made a rude comment or made them feel stupid or "less than" or unloved popped into my head. And then I excused myself and went to my room and cried for a solid 15 minutes before I came back and thoroughly apologized to this person and reinforced how much I loved them and not want to hurt them ever but I know that I had. It was a terrible guilt and shame. It fucking sucked. I felt terrible. I never want to hurt them or anyone.

And I don't have a facebook or a pinterest or a twitter or an anything. I don't have social media or really use it. I use reddit just just to read, and occasionally I'll make a throwaway to comment or be stupid or whatever. So I missed seeing this quote posted all over facebook and pinterest, I apologize for that. I was reading an article about Bill Murray that called his twitter account funny. I didn't know he had a twitter account and was interested in seeing what he posted so I clicked the link. Bill Murray posted this on his twitter account and I liked it. I was feeling fucked up about the whole situation from the previous days with my family member, and I guess part of me really related to the quote. Reminding me that my actions can effect others too. Obviously it goes both ways, but for so long, even though I was aware of my behavior and would apologize after fleeting arguments, I was more concerned with my feelings, and I'd get angry that the other party wasn't as concerned with my feelings as I was, and in reality I was doing the exact same thing to them. That's what I saw when I saw this quote. I think it's easy to see this quote as being about just how others effect you, but I see more than that.

I used to have a facebook, but I don't anymore. I know on facebook you can get caught up in all of the bullshit. It's easy. It's easy to view everyone on facebook, Reddit, or even the internet as sharing the one same personality. Its easy to simplify everyone down to having the same exact motives, intentions, or reasoning behind their behavior or who they are or what they post or why. Its easy to pretend you are the only one to understand and see through it all. Its easy to act like you know everything or have a better understanding or are more intelligent than everyone else, especially on the internet. Facebook is poisonous. It can be toxic if you let it. You can get caught up in cynical cycles of judgment, just hating everything everyone else posts and pretending to know the reasons why and judging them. Dismissing them as beneath you. Dismissing all of the bullshit as stupid and using it to justify feeling better, smarter, and a more valuable person because "you aren't like that." You see through it. You can make a shallow analysis and just reduce that person to a dismissive, cynical explanation. Make yourself feel smart and better by making everyone else dumb and wrong in your mind.

And you know? That's what I did. I got so sick of the political posts. I got so sick of the nature photos with the fucking profound quote underneath it as if this fucker found enlightenment by going for a hike. I got so sick of other people making cynical simplistic dismissive comments about things. I got sick of the drama. I got sick of all of it. I didn't post and thought I was better than for not posting. Like I wasn't using facebook like a jackkass but all these other people posting are, you know? I just got caught in a phase of judgment. I didn't like it. I wasn't even really using facebook, at that point, for anything other than just to log on and read the news feed. And since it was making me such a cynical dick, I deleted it.

And like I said now I use reddit, but don't even really have an account here. I just make throwaways. And its been a rough few days and I don't normally post shit like this but today I felt like being stupid and indulging that side of me that wanted to express something I could relate to at that time, something I found of meaning in right now because of how I feel right now, and post it here to share. Its not common behavior for me. But my ultimate point is you were entirely inaccurate with the motives and reasons why you thought I posted this and almost seemed just to group me in with some facebook mentality when in reality that's not even anywhere near close to me. Everyone is different. Everyone. Everyone's going to have different reasons for doing things that you could never ever know or understand because it's entirely based on their life and their experiences. Not yours. If you look at everybody thinking you already know or understand that you will your opportunity to learn.

After all of my years on this planet all I know is letting go of yourself is the way to approach all situations. You can't truly know someone until you let go of yourself. You can't truly understand anyone else until you let go of you.