Love Me, Love My Fool: Thoughts from a Psychoanalyst's Notebook

Love Me, Love My Fool: Thoughts from a Psychoanalyst's Notebook by Rubin, Theodore Isaac, M.D.. hardcover edition. ISBN: 9780679505921.

If we are to become truly alive and fulfilled, Dr. Rubin feels we must all learn to love that "fool" in ourselves, that part of us that feels too much, lacks self-control, loves, hates, laughs, and cries – for only this "fool" can protect us against the raging tyrant within ourselves who continually holds us back and screams for control. This is a book of wisdom and poetic vision, yet at the same time it is refreshingly straightforward. Dr. Rubin allows us to explore the entire spectrum of human thought and emotion through his eyes – the eyes of a professional, but also a remarkably sensitive individual. The book is a collection of aphorisms that goes beyond analysis of experience and gives voice to those feelings that lie too deep for words to convey. These gentle lessons take on new dimensions with each successive reading, and eloquently express both the pain and joy of being human.