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>About three years ago I was working overnight at a Mac's convenience store in a pretty crappy part of town
>Big store, seating inside; keno machine, etc
>Lots of seedy characters would come in, lots of random people, all night
>Couple old guys would come in pretty frequently; they were friends and both had some pretty obvious mental-health problems; stutters, etc; I think they were on disability, and they generally waited around at about 4 am to pick up a paper delivery that they then would take door to door. The guy I mostly talked to said it brought in something like $35 a month.
>I was really nice to both of them; went out of my way to make conversation. I think I was trying to present myself as some sort of 'friend to the downtrodden', or something stupid, but it was (at least somewhat) sincere kindness on my part
>One day stutter guy walks up to my till and hands me pic related; tells me it's a good book. I used to read a lot on night-shifts so he probably noticed that and thought he'd give me a book to read
>I say thanks a lot, but I never even crack it. I didn't respect him, and didn't take his gift seriously (I might have even thrown it away eventually, but I hope I just boxxed it up at home) because I didn't really think any advice or literature he could give me would be worth my time
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>Move back home for two years and suffer from pretty bad depression (note, I don't think this is related, but it's relevant)
>Read a bunch of conspiracy stuff online, getting more and more depressed; physical and mental health declining pretty rapidly
>End up coming to Hermetic philosophy and reading a few books by Atkinson as well as some pretty life-affirming stuff by people like Joseph Campbell
>Realize the book he gave me is some sort of spiritual classic that would have probably come into my life EXACTLY when I needed it, and saved me a lot of time and struggle
So did I fuck up by not respecting a potential spiritual adviser? I considered myself better than most people in my treatment of those who clearly need help, but I still wasn't sincere enough to take him seriously when he went out of his way to do something genuinely nice/helpful toward me. Is this some Journey to the West type shit, where just taking the extra moment of compassion ends up shaving years off of some terrible tribulation? What do you guys think? Any similar stories?
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Oh, and I still haven't read the book, but I'm definitely going to now. If anybody has anything to say about it I'd love to hear it.
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You made a thread to ask whether to and/or announce that you're about to read a book? Here's your gold star, we're proud of you.
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>So did I fuck up by not respecting a potential spiritual adviser? I considered myself better than most people in my treatment of those who clearly need help, but I still wasn't sincere enough to take him seriously when he went out of his way to do something genuinely nice/helpful toward me. Is this some Journey to the West type shit, where just taking the extra moment of compassion ends up shaving years off of some terrible tribulation? What do you guys think? Any similar stories?
That's the thesis statement. Are you unable to read or something?
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