The good crazy and the bad crazy.

I'm crazy. To some degree. Can't help it. That's who I am. Crazy Jim. And I'm attracted to other crazy people. To a particular kind of crazy. Good crazy. Not bad crazy. A conservative Republican, for instance, is bad crazy. Needs to be in a mental institution. Needs therapy. Treatment. Unfortunately, he/she usually doesn't get it. Roams freely on Earth. And speaks gibberish. And seeks power. And thinks negatively. Tends to be selfish. Always opposes the common good. Abhors socialists. And generally thinks of anyone who ain't a Republican to be a socialist and atheist. Then there's the good crazy. Someone like me. A romantic idealist, a spiritual free-thinker, a political liberal, a lover and a dreamer. Known to go off the deep end. Tends to be a poet. And an optimist, too. Spends his life in the pursuit of happiness. And in love. With someone. But mostly with life. --Jim Broede