Shame shame shame, hey shame on you...
...if you can't be true. Now, I wouldn't ever shame anyone if they couldn’t dance, like the original lyrics suggest. I hope I wouldn't ever shame anyone, period. However, I believe we sometimes unintentionally make others feel bad about themselves, or we just feel shame even if we've done nothing wrong. We might even feel most ashamed when we've been wronged. Two days ago I had an eye accident and afterwards I felt self-conscious about looking people in the eye while talking, or even just passing by, because the eye is flawed and bloody and not a really pretty sight. When I realized that, which was the next day at the eye doctor's office (how crazy is that?), I started asking myself where do I drag this shame from and how deep does it go? Can I just decide not to feel ashamed and then it would all go away or do I need to find the root cause? I dunno. I don't feel like endless conversations about it right now are the way to go, but perhaps some self-reflect...