MoPod Show 2.0 - Gay Comedy Podcast

When I first came out, a book was given to me that proved really helpful in my personal development. Yes, even more helpful than the mopod show. The book, The Four Agreements, is short and a quick read with just enough mystic spice to engage your right brain without wandering into new age-y or scientologist territory. The basic premise is that if you make these four agreements with yourself and try to live by them, lots of things will line up for you. Its not magic and I’m not perfect… a work in progress.

The four agreements are:

1. Be true to you word

2. Assume nothing

3. Don’t take things personally

4. Always do your best

As I read headlines from this week: the California step backwards to potentially nullifying hundreds of same-sex marriages in November AND a story about a housing development in Florida that is successfully excluding gay people from renting there. I feel my four agreements being assaulted by my brain’s survival instincts. Its hard not to assume the bigotry that seems apparent here and its also hard for us not to take this kind of thing personally. Even so, we have to recognize that challenges like these are actually reflections on the instigators of these things. Some one else’s short sightedness is about them, not us. As long as we keep building up examples of healthy, happy, professional, talented, etc. etc. gay people leading productive and interesting lives, that’s all that matters. And if taking the high road doesn’t motivate you, remember the best revenge is living well.