the self

Love demands a complete inner transformation — for without this we cannot possibly come to identify ourselves with our brother. We have to become, in some sense, the person we love. And this involves a kind of death of our own being, our own self.

Resist commodifying or typing yourself to get attention.

You’re not a girlboss , a clean girl , or such a Pisces , you’re you, and there’s no one else quite like you. Those kinds of labels can be fun, I guess, but ultimately are limiting. It’s best to take an expansive view of the self. You don’t have to type yourself, or fit in with a specific gr

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