October 13, 2014 | Leave a comment Neil Hall/Reuters via The Daily Beast The humor of Bill Murray is something I have deeply admired for most of my life–a la Caddyshack, Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou, and Ghostbusters. I recently read about how he commandeered a bar at SXSW and no matter if people asked for a beer or Appletini, he gave them tequila. The title of the blog post with this story was “9 Reasons Bill Murray Will Always Be Better Than You.” I feel worried when I read how a particular individual is and always will be better than me. I completely agree that he is better at comedy and improv than I am, but who am I to say one person is inherently better (or worse) than I? A few days ago, I stumbled upon an interview between Bill Murray and Howard Stern. I was shocked and deeply fascinated at how candidly Bill Murray presented himself, as I often am when any famous comedian opens up (see Dave Chappelle open up with Maya Angelou). Below, I’ve quoted one part of the interview as he answers the question about his happiness and relationships: “But there’s a lot that I’m not doing that I need to do—something like working on yourself, self-development, and becoming more connected to myself. I don’t have a problem connecting with people, my problem is connecting with myself. And if I’m not really committing myself really well to that, it’s sort of better that I don’t have another person. I can’t take on another relationship if I’m not taking care of the things I need to take care of the most. What stops us from looking at ourselves is that we’re kind of ugly if we look really hard; we’re not who we think we are, and we’re not as wonderful as we think we are.” I started iFeelio because I could connect to people all around the world but I couldn’t connect to myself. Bill Murray is not perfect. I’m not perfect. Nobody is perfect. We’re all kind of ugly if we look really hard. Listen to at least 52:26 to 1:03:08 from the discussion below, it may just blow your mind and heart.