I am saddened to hear that you are not interested in being a good citizen.

One of the things I don't like about Christianity is the whole "Golden Rule" thing were you can only do unto others as you would have others do unto you. If you are full of self lothing, then, by this model, you are free to harm yourself or others.

In Paganism we live by the rule "harm none." You cannot harm yourself, others, or the earth (that means physical and psychological harm included!). Perhaps for the next week you should try to live "harm none" and see if it makes a differance.

I must admit that there are times when I don't feel like being a very good citizen, but I try to remind myself that just because others are a$$es dosn't mean I need to stoop to there level.

We will always encounter diffucilt people and we must learn to deal with them because sometimes the difficult person we are forced to deal with is ourselves.