Dumping Out a Box of Knives

So it's been a time. Not a good one, but an instructive one.

At the heart of it all is insufficiency: I'm not a good enough person - I'm certainly not nice enough; strangers tell me this - I don't pick up on things quickly, especially in social situations; I am not compassionate enough; I am not brave enough; I am not smart enough; I do not know enough; I am not energetic or hard working enough; I am not creative enough; I am not pretty enough; I am not resilient enough; I am n...