But others’ contribution to your narrative never stops. For even as we acquire language and mobility, growing in our independence and agency with the dawning awareness of our capacity to direct our own thoughts and respond to our own feelings, we are always interacting with other people. And their versions of the world—our world in particular—continue to shape and influence the way we understand and tell our unfolding narrative. First our parents, then teachers, friends, coaches, spouses, children, employers, employees and even panhandlers on the street are writing in the margins of our
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