Lately, I’m keeping in mind George Carlin’s line that when you’re born you get a ticket to the freakshow and when you are born in America you get a front-row seat.

Carlin was dark in his final years, or at least his stage persona was. And I don’t think you can maintain a persona for as much time as Carlin did without it being true. He cheered for mass death. He hated the human race but loved people, which are two views I am finding more sympathy for as I am now just eight years younger than he was when he died.

When I read the news, I am disgusted by the human race, but when I meet people in life or work, I’m more inclined to love them as they are, without judging them.