We are not summarized or defined by any one instance or experience. The static, singular image we think others have of us in their minds—it’s usually a projection of our greatest hopes and deepest fears. We are fluid, evolving beings. We are different from one moment to the next. We spend so much time making assumptions about how we are in the world instead of actually feeling into our lived experience. We allow ourselves to become labelled and defined by what we think we’ve done and how others have responded to it, rather than who we are going to become and whether or not we can be at peace
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