Is What We Tell Ourselves More Important Than Reality?
This is a topic of conversation that has come up a lot recently.
Because people can be pretty…delusional.
No, not delusional, but sometimes people tell themselves whatever they need to in order to cope…to survive. It’s a survival mechanism.
Some people need to believe what they make themselves believe because they couldn’t handle the truth.
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The White Lotus is a popular tv show that plays on HBO.
In season 2, there was a character, Bert Di Grasso, played by actor F. Murray Abraham. He was an old womanizing man, who flirted with every young woman in his presence, to the chagrin of everyone around him, thinking it was harmless. He represented old-school toxic masculinity and behavior that was seen as harmless (by him) in his day was actually sexual harassment.
He goes on vacation to Italy with his son and grandson. His son is also a womanizer who blames his father for his dysfunction, and the son, a college student, is “woke” and embarrassed by both of them.
Either way — there’s a tense dinner scene between Abraham and his son, played by Michael Imperioli.
