if you're not owning your life, someone else is
To be of consequence, or to feel significant, lies at the heart of our inspiration to accomplish anything.When we connect with conviction to the significance of who we are, and what value we add to the lives of others, we achieve a sense of peace and contentment.But, when we doubt this, we set out in [...]
When raised with fear and compliance as the tool to ensure good behaviour, or religious subscription, we create validation-seeking individuals whose willingness to compromise on what is right will be driven by social acceptance.Instilling values in our children, or living by our own values, must be grounded in a substantial appreciation for why it is [...]
When we see people for what we need them to be, rather than who they are, we elevate their position in our lives through no fault of their own.When they fail to meet the expectations that we created because of that unrealistic perspective that we had of them, we feel betrayed and then blame them [...]