The Consequences of Pissing where we swim

These days I find myself overusing this philosophy I’ve borrowed from the pool of pop culture and folky “wisdom.”  Might say it’s my new mantra.  “Mantra” means vapid truism we spout all the time but tend to ignore while scolding ourselves for constantly doing so, right? Thought so, this is mine: “Don’t piss where you swim.”  Or as a friend of mine likes to paraphrase it: “Don’t shit where you eat.”  But I think “don’t shit where you eat” is a little too proscriptive… I mean if it were my mantra I would probably actually FOLLOW it.  Continue reading The Consequences of Pissing where we swim