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Midas Touch but for Pain
some people have the ability to diminish all they touch
Some people make everything they touch less than it was before they touched it. I’m not referring to people who are negative and naysayers on the surface. The people I’m talking about lack some basic element, like empathy or compassion, so everything they do is infused with a subtle but corrosive lack. This lack permeates what they do and their relationships. We all have lacks, flaws or things we aren’t strong at. This lack is a Midas touch for inflicting pain, on themselves and everyone they encounter.
To put it another way: nobody is perfect. These people, those with a reverse Midas touch, they manage to have stronger blind-spots, deeper faults; their lacks contaminate their dealings. They make things less than. That is not their intention, that is not their goal. But often, sometimes always, they can’t stop themselves.
Maybe they have a sense of righteousness that runs amuck. They are in a moment where real, tangible progress can be made, and instead of making that progress, they shoot their mouth off in the ill informed pursuit of what they think is right, and end up paying empty lip service to something while squandering anotherchance for actual movement in the direction they want things to go.
