Chapter 2: Embrace those close to you

It's easy to judge others. You look at your friends, and you see more losers who look uncomfortably like you: overweight, prone to acting without thought, depressed, beaten down by life. You wonder: Why am I hanging with these losers?

They're your friends. As Animal House teaches us, not only do you need the dues--the psychic support these people provide--you also can't judge too much lest you be judged. Consider these pearls of wisdom from the pledge party:

Okay, this guy is a real zero. That's true.
Think back to when you were freshmen.
Boon, you had a face like a pepperoni pizza, right?
And Stork here. Everybody thought that Stork was brain damaged.
I myself was so obnoxious the seniors beat me up once a week.
So this guy is a total loser?

Apply that same spirit of charity to the human loaves around you, and you, too, will realize that you should accept them, even embrace them.

Having realized you're not alone (ref. Chapter 1) and learned to value your friends, you're now ready to begin the hard work of self improvement.

Exciting, isn't it?