This culture is obsessed with the self. We imagine ourselves to be self-made and value self-esteem. We try to teach young people about self-respect and self-worth. When we are dumped or heartbroken, we are told to practice self-love. What if instead of manufacturing belief in ourselves, we could muster up some of the honest grief for having never been believed in in the first place? Maybe that might be a more honest path to follow. Maybe that grief could remind us that we showed up here with something to give. Maybe the grief could point us back in the direction of the village we left so long ago.
A fitting song to a fitting article. Thank you! I have seen people tear down their own walls of depression and fear once they let go of the growth mindset and just decided to grieve, to include grieving for the harm onto this earth and from their ancestors.
The Poverty of Believing In Yourself (Part IV) - The Obsession With Self
A fitting song to a fitting article. Thank you! I have seen people tear down their own walls of depression and fear once they let go of the growth mindset and just decided to grieve, to include grieving for the harm onto this earth and from their ancestors.
Thank you!