Ashamed of Me

Shame is a disease of the soul. Shame is a "mastery" emotion that separates us from ourselves and also separates us from others. Whenever shame arises, our expression of other emotions is suppressed. An ignorant girl kidnapped by malice and hatred is gradually swallowed up by shame; an optimistic boy who is ignorant of the world allows girls to see what love is; a poor mother who makes compromises, chooses to close her eyes after being defeated by reality; a musical genius who lives in loneliness, has been wandering in the pull of life and death. Maybe they are people you and I know, or they are complete strangers; maybe they are me, or even you; maybe they are each of us. When we are forced to face a festering world and are swallowed up by shame, no one can choose how to live, so can we choose how to live?