Woke last night to sound of storm.

Tunes in my head: Piper by Phish
Books of a page: The Hitchhiker's Guide To The Galaxy by Douglas Adams
Atmosphere: Asleep.

This is a semi continuation of yesterday's post.

I was talking about this girl who I've seen around who I think is amazingly attractive. (Will, you know who I'm talking about.) And so I was talking to her friend about her. Not even the whole "get me with her" spiel. Just the general stuff, what's she like, blah blah blah.

It turns out that she's apparently one of the most self-depreciating people that my friend knows, all because of the efforts of one ex-boyfriend.

Now, what drives people to destroy others like that?

What drives us to absolutely decimate a person's psyche? To make them think that they are nothing?

This girl seems like one of the sweetest, nicest people ever.

And yet there's the impulse to drag her down.

Is it jealousy? I know that when I see an attractive girl, I feel a bit envious of their looks, even when it's a friend, and even when I know they have issues of their own. The fact that I find them attractive makes me wish about myself.

So, did this bastard decide to destroy this pretty girl out of jealousy?

Or maybe it's a desire to make sure nobody else could ever have her?

How selfish of him.

How do we combat this epidemic? How do we build people who are in their heart good people up to believe that not everything they do is ultimately destructive?

That is the question, Moon.